Jessica Leeds Testifies in E. Jean Carroll Trial, Accusing Trump of Sexual Assault on Flight in 1970s

Jessica Leeds said Tuesday in a trial that a Manhattan court instructs against former President Donald Trump for rape and defamation, that the Republican magnate sexually assaulted her on a flight in the late 1970s.

Leeds, aged 81, was called as a witness of the defense of the writer and former journalist E. Jean Carroll, who has seated the former president (2017-2022) on the bench for rape and defamation.

Leeds recounted in Manhattan federal court that “in 1978-79,” on a plane bound for New York, she had to get up from her seat in first class because a businessman, referring to Trump, had tried to kiss her on the plane. neck and touch it.

“There were no words, it came out of nowhere (…) He tried to kiss me, to touch my breasts,” said Leeds in the civil process that began last week after allegations of rape and defamation by Carroll, 79, who is seeking financial compensation from Trump.

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Under oath, he explained that he found the strength to stand up when Trump “He put his hands under my blouse.”

“It seemed to me that it lasted forever,” despite the fact that only “seconds” passed, said the witness for Carroll’s defense, who accuses Trump of having raped her in a changing room of a New York department store in 1996.

Jessica Leeds had already spoken about this case in the newspaper The New York Times in 2016, a few weeks before the presidential election that brought Trump to the White House.

Trump had refuted the allegations of sexual assault during the debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton for that year’s presidential elections, which “angered” Jessica Leeds.

“I was furious because he was lying,” recalled Leeds, who has been called as a witness to try to persuade the nine jurors of Trump’s predatory behavior.

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Trump denies it

Donald Trump, who has not appeared at the trial, refutes the accusations and he assures that he did not know the journalist who was a columnist for Elle magazine.

The case is one of several legal challenges facing the 76-year-old Republican, who is seeking a return to the White House in next year’s elections.

Last month, the tycoon pleaded not guilty in a criminal case related to the black payment to a porn actress before the 2016 elections.

Trump is also under investigation for his attempt to reverse the results of the 2020 election in the state of Georgia, as well as his handling of secret documents and his involvement in his supporters’ storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Fuente: AFP

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