Former President Donald Trump is appealing the E. Jean Carroll case verdict against him.
Thursday, the appeal was submitted with the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump has consistently denied Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York City department store in the 1990s.
CNN reports that a civil jury found Trump liable for battery related to sexual assault, but rejected Carroll’s claim that she was violated.
The jury determined that Trump should pay Carroll $5 million, including $2 million for Carroll’s assault claim and $3 million for her defamation claim.
Trump discussed the incident during a CNN Town Hall event in New Hampshire on Wednesday evening.
“This woman, I don’t know her. I never met her. I have no idea who she is. I had a picture taken years ago with her and her husband, nice guy John Johnson,” Trump said.
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Trump then related his interpretation of Carroll’s tale.
“I never met this woman. I never saw this woman. This woman said I met her at the front door of Bergdorf Goodman, which I rarely go into other than for a couple of charities. I met her in the front door. She was about 60 years old. This is like 22, 23 years ago,” he said.
“I met her in the front door of Bergdorf Goodman. I was immediately attracted to her, and she was immediately attracted to me. And we had this great chemistry. We’re walking into a crowded department store. We had this great chemistry. And a few minutes later, we end up in a room, a dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman, right near the cash register,” he said.
“And then she found out that there were locks in the door. She said, ‘I found one that was open.’ She found one — she learned this at trial. She found one that was open,” he said.
Trump then provided his analysis of the incident.
More on this story via The Western Journal:
“What kind of a woman meets somebody and brings them up and within minutes, you’re playing hanky-panky in a dressing room, OK?” he said. CONTINUE READING…
