Controversial crossover between Donald Trump and judge in sexual assault and defamation case in New York

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan This was threatened with eviction on Wednesday Donald Trump The former president repeatedly ignored orders to remain silent while the author appeared in court in New York E. Jean Carroll She testified that the businessman ruined her reputation after she accused him of sexual harassment.

Kaplan told Trump that his right to appear in court could be revoked if he continued to disrupt the proceedings. After the initial warning, one of the columnist’s lawyers said the former president continued to make comments to his lawyers such as “this is a witch hunt” and “this is really a hoax”.

“Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to exclude you from the trial,” the judge declared as the jury was allowed to go to lunch, adding: “I understand that you probably want me to do that.”

“I would love to,” Trump replied.He was shaking as he sat between his lawyers Alina Habba and Michael Madaio at the defense table.

“I know you’d love it. You just can’t control yourself under these circumstances, obviously,” Kaplan replied.

“Neither are you,” Trump muttered.

During his presentation, Carroll testified in Manhattan federal court that the businessman ended the world he lived in: “For the president of the United States, one of the most powerful people in the world, to call me a liar for three days and 26 times, I counted, is the end of the world I’ve been living in.”

The author maintained that the former North American president not only destroyed his reputation, but also his life, because he is now constantly “awakened” by the hundreds of threats he receives on social networks. “I will rape you, E. Jean Carroll,” read one of the messages, which was shown during the trial.

“I warned the neighbors to be cautious and “I bought bullets for the gun I inherited from my father.”She said, explaining the security measures she took, when after a barrage of messages, it crossed her mind that someone might shoot her.

In May, The court ruled that Trump must pay $5 million in restitution to Carroll, of which $2.9 million was to defame her. In this new trial, Carroll has requested $10 million in damages.

The case is a legal challenge that the journalist filed in state court against Trump in 2019 for defamation, after the New York mogul denied the first rape complaint, saying that “she wasn’t his type” and that “he wanted to sell his book.” did so.

The journalist wrote in his book ‘Why do we need men?’ K Trump sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan store fitting room in the mid-1990s. According to her, she met Trump on Fifth Avenue in New York and they went to a lingerie store at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury department store, where the former president allegedly raped her.

The trial comes amid renewed efforts by Trump to return to the White House as he faces other legal action, such as his recent accusations of concealing a series of bribes paid to adult film actress Stormi Daniels in exchange for hush-hush about an alleged sexual relationship.

(With information from AP and Europa Press)