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me. the former elle magazine writer and tv talk show host alleges trump overpowered her in a new york department store dressing room in the mid- 90s, describing the alleged assault, she said, he put his shoulder against me and held me against the wall. he put his whole wait on me. he pulled down my tights. and then, carroll says, that is when he reporter: anyonportedhelleged after, she told tw friends what happened. they are scheduled to testify. carroll first shared her story publicly in her 2019 autobiography. by then, it was too late for a criminal investigation, but a new york state law allowed carroll to file a civil lawsuit. trump says he has no plans to attend the trial and has repeatedly denied the allegations. what is the task for donald trump s attorneys, in this case? donald trump s attorneys must destroy this story. he has got to show this jerry that the story of
lengthy chat with recently left the metropolitan police in 2019 after serving for decades. her name is patricia fenton and this is what she had to say about her experience during that time. mr; had to say about her experience during that time. had to say about her experience during that time. my bra strap was inued during that time. my bra strap was pinged when during that time. my bra strap was pinged when i during that time. my bra strap was pinged when i was during that time. my bra strap was pinged when i was actually - during that time. my bra strap was pinged when i was actually an i pinged when i was actually an operator pinged when i was actually an operator when another officer was in the car operator when another officer was in the car driving and he was trying to rip my the car driving and he was trying to rip my tights while we were stationary. what i did was i punched him, stationary. what i did was i punched him. i stationary. what i did was i punched him. i
and you said, eh, he kept pulling down he pulled down my tights, he pulled down my tights. reporter: birnbach says she tried to convince carroll to call the cops right away. it was horrible. we fought. and i said, let s go to the police. no. come to my house. no, i want to go home. right. i ll take you to the police. no. i was 15 minutes of my life, it s over. don t ever tell anybody, i just had to tell you. reporter: a few days later, e. jean carroll called another friend, veteran news anchor, carol martin. from what i could sense of you, you were handling it, as you handle things. reporter: her advice, very different from birnbach s. i said, don t tell anybody. i wouldn t tell anybody this. reporter: and carroll didn t. until now, when she describes the alleged sexual assault in graphic detail in her new book. the president dismisses her claims, telling the hill, i ll say it with great respect
the president in the 90s. two friends, including a former news anchor, now sharing the moment she confided in them about it. here s abc s david wright. reporter: two long-time friends of writer e. jean carroll now say she called them shortly after donald trump allegedly assaulted her in a dressing room at bergdorf goodman in the mid-1990s. the minute i was in there, he shut the door and pushed me up against the wall and bang, banged my head on the wall and kissed me. i just it was so shocking. reporter: carroll says that it got even worse, and that she told two friends at the time. today, both came forward, joining her for an interview with the new york times. lisa birnbach, best-selling author of the preppy handbook, says carroll called her immediately after she left bergdorf s. i remember her saying repeatedly, he pulled down my tights. reporter: birnbach says, in the moment, carroll laughed it off. and i said, what? he raped you?