"He has two free hands because his shoulders here. One is leaning into you, holding me against the thing," she says. "One of his hands went under in between the plast of my coat and pulled down my tights,. And he ran his fingers wrong." She recalls trying to get her knee up so that she could push him off but didn't say a word. He then inserted his penis briefly; it was not all the way, E.J. adds.
This episode contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault.
A jury in Manhattan has found former President Donald J. Trump legally liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
Ben Weiser, who covers the Manhattan federal courts for The Times, tells the story of how a nearly 30-year-old case reached this moment.
Guest: Benjamin Weiser, a correspondent for The New York Times covering the Manhattan federal courts.
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