Posted on 04/25/2023 12:20:41 PM PDT by thegagline
A polished Carroll, 79, showed up to the federal courthouse flanked by lawyers and wearing a cream-colored coat, sunglasses and carrying a maroon briefcase as her supporters chanted “We believe E. Jean Carroll.” Trump, 76, was not present.
A jury of six men and three women had been chosen by early afternoon — but not before a pool of 48 prospects were grilled by the judge, including about their political leanings.
The potential jurors were asked a multitude of questions, such as whether they had any affiliation with groups including QAnon, the Ku Klux Klan, the Proud Boys and other far-right and extremist entities.
Only 12 of the 48 told the judge they could not be fair if chosen to sit on the panel – and were summarily dismissed.
The nine jurors eventually selected to hear the case range in age from 26 to 66.
They include a library worker, a physical therapist, a janitor, a high school worker, two men who work in security, two healthcare facility employees and a retired healthcare worker.
Jurors are expected to hear opening statements from lawyers on both sides later Tuesday.
Carroll filed suit against Trump in November alleging that the 45th president raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in the mid-1990s.
The former “Ask E. Jean” advice columnist is also suing Trump, 76, claiming he defamed her when he denied her accusations and even claimed to not know her.
Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, John Johnson and Ivana Trump at an NBC party in the late 1980s.
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Bergdorf Goodman is across the 57th St & 5th Avenue intersection from Trump Tower.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7632254,-73.9732573,18z
Not way back then.
But there was always a “helpful” associate popping in and out
to assure that the client was being served.
(”Are You Being Served?)
Or even just the title. “E. Jean Carroll...”
“At first, the two were laughing about the incident before Birnbach realized that what Carroll was describing was rape.”
from the Yahoo article
I used to shop at Bergdorf back in the fifties.
It was quite a different experience then.
I don’t know how any male could get near the Ladies Dressing Room , even when Miss Carroll was shopping there.
Spouses had to wait in a separate seating area.
It was like Fort Knox.
OK maybe I’m not paying enough attention. Where did this come from?
Or has media become jaded over Trump’s legal peccadillos?
Does this have any chance, just being so old? Makes me think of many allegations made years past prime.
“Not way back then.”
I remember seeing the Macy’s security room & staff in the Tyson’s Corners shopping center “back then”.
Even the local Publix down the road here in Florida has a monitoring room. Just one person (not always present).
The guy is a loud mouthed frat boy. This behavior is typical of boys that have never been held accountable as they grew up.
“in 1964, as a representative of the university, she won the Miss Cheerleader USA title. She appeared on To Tell The Truth in 1965.”
“Carroll’s “Ask E. Jean” column appeared in Elle from 1993 until 2020. Widely read, it was acclaimed for Carroll’s opinions on sex, her insistence that women should “never never” structure their lives around men, and her compassion for letter-writers experiencing difficult life situations.”
“Carroll was fired from Elle in February 2020; she wrote on Twitter that she was dismissed ‘Because Trump ridiculed my reputation, laughed at my looks, & dragged me through the mud.’ Elle maintained that the decision to fire Carroll was a business decision unrelated to Trump.”
“Carroll wrote for Saturday Night Live in the mid-1980s.”
“She was Playboy’s first female contributing editor.”
“Carroll was one of 13 women who accused CBS Corporation executive Les Moonves of sexual assault in 2019. She says the incident occurred in the late 1990s in a hotel elevator after interviewing Moonves for a story; he denied the allegation.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll
she wrote this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Strange-Savage-Life-Thompson/dp/0452271290
Yup!
maybe not in the 90’s.
Madame Koo Koo Bird.
You are probably right.
I just read that the incident with Miss Carroll took place in 1995-96.
They most likely had cameras by then.
According to Jean, she ran into Trump in the store. He asked her for advice in choosing a gift for a lady friend. She suggested the hat or handbag department. He suggested Lingerie, then asked her to try some on. He followed her into the dressing room, proceeded to pull down her tights, and raped her, in THREE minutes.
You are right, Brian. I was thinking of the olden days, when modesty for women was a common value, and only the sleaziest of men pulled down their zipper in a Ladies Dressing Room.
The NY law on sexual assault has temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on such claims, and Miss Carroll’s lawyers have taken advantage of this. If anything, Jean is persistent.
Trump’s public namecalling and badmouthing of her far and wide is slanderous. She lost her job at Elle Magazine because of this. She feels that she deserves compensation.
I think she will win.
This woman is a psychopath.
Really?
Have you read her resume?
It’s on WIKI.
She has more brains than Donald’s three wives combined.
Someone is getting Ivana’s stink eye there.
she is...she did that bizarre Anderson Cooper interview a few years ago, its so weird, that Trumps lawyers are planning to use it in Court and are gonna call Cooper as a witness. Man, i wish this was televised.
Right after his mattress tag removal Trial.....
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