Trump calls rape claim ‘ridiculous’ in video deposition

Wed, 03 May, 2023 - 23:51

Michael R Sisak and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Donald Trump called a writer’s claims that he raped her at a Manhattan department store “the most ridiculous, disgusting story”, testifying in a deposition shown in court that the allegations were “made up” and that the assault never happened.

Lawyers for accuser E Jean Carroll played about 30 minutes of excerpts from the former president’s deposition, including his emphatic denial of the longtime advice columnist’s accusation that he attacked her in the mid-1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room.