SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 6 – When
E. Jean
Carroll
testified on
April 26 on
direct
examination
about Donald
Trump
allegedly
raping her in
Bergdorf
Goodman's in
1996, then
defaming her
in 2019,
Trump's lawyer
Joe Tacopina
repeatedly
objected.
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York
Judge Louis A.
Kaplan denied
most
objections -
and told
Tacopina that
his client
might be
subjecting
himself to
liability
under other
Federal
statutes with
his posts on
Truth Social
(and his son
Eric's
statements).
May
2 saw Lisa
Birnbach and
Jessica Leeds,
a Bergdorf
supervisor and
the
plaintiff's
psychological
expert,
concluding
with
confirmation
that Trump
will not be
coming to the
trial. Thread
here.
On
May 3, after
the
psychologist
Leslie
Lebowitz, the
plaintiff put
on her sister
Candy, Natasha
Stoynoff
and... the
Access
Hollywood
tape. Followed
up by Trump's
deposition.
Thread here.
On
May 4 Carroll
put on Carol
Martin and a
professor of
social media,
then rested.
While Tacopina
said he'd
heard from
Trump in the
morning he
would not
come, Judge
Kaplan cited
statements "in
the British
Isles" and
left the door
open for a
motion under
Sunday, 5 pm.
Thread here.
As
noted, in the
middle Inner
City Press
filed a
request to
unseal not
only motions
but also all
exhibits in
the case
including
video
depositions.
Request here.
On
May 5, Inner
City Press
obtained the
exhibits and
put the 48
minute
deposition on
YouTube here
On
the rest,
citing Inner
City Press'
request, Judge
Kaplan called
for a response
by Saturday.
None was filed
- but
Tacopina, at
10 pm, filed a
letter that he
should be able
to raise the
Law &
Order episode
in his closing
argument.
Letter on
Patreon here
- and more
coming.
Watch this
site.
Court
art: Tacopina
and Judge
Kaplan,
courtesy to
Inner City
Press from
Elizabeth
Williams
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