They also watched the 'Access Hollywood' video clip in which Trump could be heard crudely describing grabbing women by their genitals.Īttorneys for Trump did not call any witnesses and he did not testify in the trial. In addition to witnesses who said Carroll confided in them after the incident, the jury heard from two other women who described Trump suddenly turning casual confrontations into sexual misconduct. Trump was not in the courtroom for the verdict or any of the trial.ĭuring the eight-day trial, attorneys for Carroll pressed a case to the jury laying out how her allegations fit a pattern, or 'modus operandi,' for Trump.

After the jurors had gone, Carroll's attorneys embraced her.

If they do, he barred them from identifying any of their peers on the panel.Īs the jurors exited the courtroom one last time, it appeared none of them made eye contact with Carroll on their way out. However, he advised them against doing so. Jean Carroll and attorneys in her civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.īefore Judge Lewis Kaplan discharged the jurors, who remained anonymous throughout the trial, he thanked them and told them they are now free to speak publicly about their service. In two videos posted to his Truth Social account later Wednesday night, Trump called the verdict a 'disgrace' and a 'sham' and said that he and his legal team will be 'appealing this decision.' Court sketch of E.

Batteries Not Included by Seth McEvoy