Access Hollywood video cleared as evidence in Trump court case

The judge ruled the tape, in which Mr Trump was heard bragging about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women who were not his wife, could provide a useful insight into his state of mind

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel after attending a hearing before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals (Susan WalshAP)

A video in which former US president Donald Trump was recorded speaking disparagingly about women can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he defamed, a judge has ruled.

US district judge Lewis A Kaplan ruled the 2005 Access Hollywood video can be shown in the trial which is due to start on Tuesday.