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The early part of Carroll's testify goes into her life and career, until questioning pivots to this photo of her, Donald Trump, her ex-husband John Johnson, and Trump's ex-wife Ivana. 
Carroll describes her impression of Trump as being a "raconteur" and "man about town."
She believed him to be a "sophisticated man who was entertaining to be around."
She believed him to be a "sophisticated man who was entertaining to be around."
Q: Did you find him attractive?
A: Yes.
Q: Why?
A: He was very personable.
A: Yes.
Q: Why?
A: He was very personable.
Asked about the timing of the alleged rape, Carroll acknowledges that she has struggled to remember the date, and she delves into context clues without a firm answer until Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina objects.
Judge Kaplan adopts a wait-and-see approach and allows her to continue.
Carroll says she believes it was spring 1996, because her friend Lisa Birnbach published an article about Trump in February of that year, which involved a trip to MAL.
Carroll says she believes it was spring 1996, because her friend Lisa Birnbach published an article about Trump in February of that year, which involved a trip to MAL.
Birnbach was one of two women Carroll says she told about the alleged rape.
"I believe that Lisa never would have gone down to Mar-a-Lago if she knew what [Trump] had done to me," she says.
Objection.
Overruled.
"I believe that Lisa never would have gone down to Mar-a-Lago if she knew what [Trump] had done to me," she says.
Objection.
Overruled.
Carroll said that the encounter began when she was leaving the store and Trump raised his hand up, imitating what she called the "universal" signal.
After Trump recognized her as the "advice lady," she replied: "Hey, you're that real estate tycoon," she says.
After Trump recognized her as the "advice lady," she replied: "Hey, you're that real estate tycoon," she says.
Much of this testimony mirrors her deposition on the subject, including Trump allegedly mocking her when she revealed her age.
"You are so old," Carroll quoted him saying, calling his inflection "humorous."
"You are so old," Carroll quoted him saying, calling his inflection "humorous."
After they went into the store to help Trump find a gift for a woman, Carroll says, Trump picked up a see-through, gray, body suit.
"It looks like a swimsuit, but this was see-through," she says. "It used to be called teddies."
She says Trump said: "Go put this on."
"It looks like a swimsuit, but this was see-through," she says. "It used to be called teddies."
She says Trump said: "Go put this on."
She called the remark "jesting, joshing."
She says she replied: "You put it on. It's your color."
She says she replied: "You put it on. It's your color."
Carroll:
"I started looking on it as a Saturday Night Live sketch."
"Donald Trump was being very light, very joshing and pleasant, and very funny."
Q: Just to be clear, was Trump dragging you into the dressing room?
A: No.
"I started looking on it as a Saturday Night Live sketch."
"Donald Trump was being very light, very joshing and pleasant, and very funny."
Q: Just to be clear, was Trump dragging you into the dressing room?
A: No.
Asked if she was flirting with Trump, she agrees that she was.
Asked if things were escalating, she replies that the "comedy was escalating."
Asked if things were escalating, she replies that the "comedy was escalating."
Carroll says that the opening of the door "plagued" her because she "walked into it."
She says Trump "shoved" her against the wall, adding that she was extremely confused.
Carroll: "I continued to laugh, because for a minute I thought maybe it was a mistake."
She says Trump "shoved" her against the wall, adding that she was extremely confused.
Carroll: "I continued to laugh, because for a minute I thought maybe it was a mistake."
Carroll:
"He, he was very large." [...]
"He leaned down and pulled down my tights."
"I was pushing him back. It was quite clear that I didn't want anything else to happen."
"He, he was very large." [...]
"He leaned down and pulled down my tights."
"I was pushing him back. It was quite clear that I didn't want anything else to happen."
Q: At any point during this encounter, do you recall saying no?
A: (softly) No.
She adds: "I don't *recall* saying it," adding she may have.
Asked if she screamed, Carroll said: "I'm not a screamer."
A: (softly) No.
She adds: "I don't *recall* saying it," adding she may have.
Asked if she screamed, Carroll said: "I'm not a screamer."
Carroll:
"He pulled down my tights and his hand, his fingers went into my vagina, which was extremely painful."
He "curved" his fingers, she says.
Carroll: "As I'm sitting here today, I still feel it."
Q: Then, what happened.
A: Then he inserted his penis.
"He pulled down my tights and his hand, his fingers went into my vagina, which was extremely painful."
He "curved" his fingers, she says.
Carroll: "As I'm sitting here today, I still feel it."
Q: Then, what happened.
A: Then he inserted his penis.
Long and sustained pause after her attorney asks what happened next.
She looks downcast, as her lawyer asks if she needs a moment.
Carroll presses on and is audibly emotional as she says that she tried to get her knee up to get him out and push off.
She looks downcast, as her lawyer asks if she needs a moment.
Carroll presses on and is audibly emotional as she says that she tried to get her knee up to get him out and push off.
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