Trump storms out during E. Jean Carroll defamation trial closing arguments
Donald Trump abruptly stormed out of court during closing arguments in the E. Jean Carroll damages trial Friday as her attorney was telling jurors the former president is a liar who thinks "the rules don't apply to him."
Donald Trump abruptly stormed out of court during closing arguments in the E. Jean Carroll damages trial Friday as her attorney was telling jurors the former president is a liar who thinks "the rules don't apply to him."
Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan had told the jury that Trump spent the "entire trial continuing to engage in defamation" against Carroll by calling her sexual abuse allegations against him a "con job."
"Ms. Carroll did not make it up, the sexual assault happened and his denials were all complete lies," Kaplan said.
The jury ultimately found that Carroll suffered considerable damages as a result of Trump's attacks on her and ordered that he pay her $83.3 million.
Trump returned to the courtroom for his own attorney's closing about an hour after he first walked out. He was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
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