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The writer testifies in the trial: Donald Trump raped me

2023-04-27 08:14:29Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The writer testifies in the trial: Donald Trump raped me
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At first, she thought helping Donald Trump shop for lingerie at a luxury store would just be "something fun in New York." According to E.Jean Carroll, even as the former entrepreneur directed her to the changing rooms, as they challenged each other to try on a pair of see-through underwear, she imagined something similar to a sketch she had written for the comedy show "Saturday Night Live".

But before long, "the whole reason I was alive at that moment was to get out of that room," Ms. Carroll testified Wednesday at her rape trial.

"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen. He lied and damaged my reputation and I'm here to try to get my life back,'' Ms Carroll told jurors.

As she sat on the dock where she often broke down in tears, from afar Mr Trump repeated his insistence that Ms Carroll's 1996 rape claim is completely fabricated. He called the case "a fabricated hoax".

"This is a fraudulent & false story - Witch Hunt!", Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. His comments prompted the judge to warn Mr. Trump's lawyers that he could get himself into further legal trouble.

Former President Trump has not taken part in the trial so far, but his lawyers said on Tuesday that he may decide to testify. The trial comes as the former president seeks to regain the Republican nomination to run for president, and weeks after pleading not guilty to other criminal charges related to payments to silence a porn actress who says that he had sexual relations with her.

Carroll, a 79-year-old former author of advice articles, was almost in the role of witness. After crying as she told jurors that "having the opportunity to appear in court means everything to me," she quickly pulled herself together and refused to take a break.

"I'm not going to sit here crying and waste everyone's time," she said.

Carroll dëshmoi se u shkëmbye me zotin Trump tek dyert rrotulluese të dyqanit luksoz Bergdorf Goodman në mbrëmjen e një të enjteje në pranverën e vitit 1996. Në atë kohë, ajo po shkruante për revistën Elle, pasi kishte shkruar më parë edhe për emisionin e humorit “SNL”. Në atë kohë, zoti Trump ishte manjat i pasurive të patundshme dhe i njohur në rrethet sociale të Nju Jorkut.

Ajo tha se ai i kërkoi këshilla për të përzgjedhur një dhuratë për një grua, dhe se ajo ndihmoi me kënaqësi. Si një shkrimtare që ofronte këshilla, të merrte kërkesë nga zoti Trump për ta ndihmuar me dhuratat “ishte një mundësi e mrekullueshme”, dhe Carroll mendoi se kështu do të dilte edhe me një histori argëtuese, tha ajo.

Ajo dëshmoi se pati sugjeruar një kapele, por se ai kishte anuar tek të brendshmet, dhe se shumë shpejt filluan të bënin humor për të brendshmet. E argëtuar dhe flirtuese, ajo vazhdoi lojën, duke qeshur edhe kur ai mbylli derën e dhomës së veshjes, ndoshta madje edhe kur e shtyu drejt murit.

Por në vazhdim, ai e përdhunoi, megjithë refuzimin e saj. Ajo arriti më në fund ta shtyjë me gjunj dhe u largua. Carroll tha se për dekada të tëra, ajo u tregoi vetëm dy shoqeve pasi kishte frikë se zoti Trump do të hakmerrej, pasi ajo mendonte se ishte faji i saj dhe sepse mendonte se shumë njerëz fajësojnë viktimat e përdhunimit për atë që u ndodhi.

Former President Trump, 76, has said he was not in the store with Ms. Carroll and had no idea who she was when he first made the story public. Carroll is expected to continue the testimony on Thursday, when Mr. Trump's lawyers will probably have the opportunity to ask her questions./VOA


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