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Trump is ‘nonstop’ liar who destroyed E Jean Carroll’s reputation, jury hears

A courtroom sketch shows Roberta Kaplan, E Jean Carroll’s lawyer, making closing arguments before Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York City on 8 May.
A courtroom sketch shows Roberta Kaplan, E Jean Carroll’s lawyer, making closing arguments before Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York City on 8 May. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

Donald Trump is a habitual liar and sexual abuser who destroyed E Jean Carroll’s reputation in order to protect his own after she accused him of rape, a New York jury heard on Monday.

In closing arguments in Carroll’s civil lawsuit against Trump for sexual battery and defamation, the advice columnist’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told jurors they could believe the evidence of 10 witnesses for her client or the former president who declined to testify.

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