Donald Trump Storms Out Of Courtroom During E. Jean Carroll's Damages Trial

Former President Donald Trump stormed out of the courtroom during the closing arguments of the E. Jean Carroll's damages trial.

He also showed up approximately 10 minutes late for Friday's proceedings.

As you may know, Trump is on trial as part of E. Jean Carroll's defamation trial. She is seeking at least $10 million in damages for “injury to her reputation, humiliation and mental anguish in her public and private life.” She also seeks an unspecified amount in damages to “punish Trump for acting maliciously and deter Trump and others.”

As E. Jean Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, was in the middle of his closing arguments, telling the jury the former President is a liar and thinks "the rules don't apply to him," Donald Trump got up and stormed out of the courtroom.

"The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom," U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said after the former President of the United States abruptly got up and stormed out.

After the former President abruptly left, Kaplan then told the jury, "he thinks with his wealth and power he can treat Ms. Carroll how he wants and will suffer no consequences."

Kaplan also told the jury that Trump spent the "entire trial continuing to engage in defamation" against Carroll as he called 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," he said.

The former President took the stand on Thursday, but it wasn't for long.

In his brief testimony, he claims he went after Carroll after she accused him of the assault because he wanted "to defend myself, my family, and frankly the presidency."

Carroll claims Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when she first went public with the accusations. “She said something I considered a false accusation,” Trump said on the stand regarding Carroll's claims.

Last year, Trump was on trial with a different jury, who found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a New York department store in the 1990s. They also found him guilty of defaming her, as he called her a "wack job" and stated her accusations were just a hoax to boost sales of her memoir.

An expert testified on Carroll’s behalf during the trial and stated that to repair her reputation, Trump owes her at least $7 million to $12 million.

This jury is only to determine how much Carroll should be paid. "This trial is about getting him to stop, once and for all," Carroll's lawyer later added during closing arguments.

A lawyer for Trump will offer a closing argument later today, January 26, 2024.

E. Jean Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in damages and additional damages for the emotional harm she has endured.