Closing arguments in Trump rape case begin

The attorney for author E. Jean Carroll's in closing arguments Monday in the civil rape case against former President Trump asked the jury to hold Trump accountable assaulting her client in the mid-1990s.

Attorney Roberta Kaplan delivered the first closing argument during which time she showed jurors in the New York courtroom videos of Trump during his deposition in October 2022 and replayed the 2005 "Access Hollywood" in which Trump is heard on a hot mic saying, "Grab 'em by the" female genitals.

Closing arguments are expected to last the entire day. Carroll, 79, is seeking millions in compensatory and punitive damages for allegedly assaulted by Trump in a dressing room in the Bergdorf Goodman department store.

Kaplan also said Trump thinks "he can get away with" assaulting Carroll, according to the Associated Press, arguing that him not even bothering to "show up here in person" proves that point.

The attorney also attempted to rebut some legal arguments from Trump's team, such as how Carroll could not remember the date the alleged rape occurred or how she left the department store, by saying Carroll's behavior was consistent with surviving trauma. 

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.