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Trump rape trial: jury to hear closing arguments in E Jean Carroll lawsuit

Donald Trump during his deposition in October last year, video of which was shown to the jury last week.
Donald Trump during his deposition in October last year, video of which was shown to the jury last week. Photograph: AP

The jury in E Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape and defamation is to hear closing arguments in New York on Monday.

The three women and six men who have listened to seven days of testimony, including three by Carroll herself, will then retire to consider whether they believe the advice columnist’s account of the alleged sexual assault in a New York department store dressing room in 1996.

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