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(42,334 posts) Wed Apr 26, 2023, 07:39 PM Apr 2023

The Bravery of E. Jean Carroll [View all]

She's taken a hailstorm of abuse already in her suit against Trump, but this was really leading with her chin.

By Charles P. PiercePUBLISHED: APR 26, 2023

Writer E. Jean Carroll got up on a witness stand in New York on Wednesday and told the court a horror story....

And then she said the bravest thing of all.

“It left me unable to ever have a romantic life again.”

I trust I don't need to elaborate what Carroll is risking on cross-examination by saying this. Granted, she also testified that she's taken a hailstorm of abuse already, but this was really leading with her chin. And it's not like everybody involved in this proceeding doesn't feel the dark pressure emanating from Florida, and that definitely includes Judge Lewis Kaplan, who warned the former president* not to monkey-wrench the trial from afar. ...

The legal system is standing firm, for now, but only because people like E. Jean Carroll still have enough faith in it to take great risks for themselves. The former president* has found sanctuary in its thickets and underbrush for too damn long.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a43714129/e-jean-carroll-trump-rape-lawsuit/

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The Bravery of E. Jean Carroll [View all] mcar Apr 2023 OP

I think she knows her chances of winning this are small. Her tearful comments today Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #1

I don't agree. She has to meet only a preponderance of the evidence spooky3 Apr 2023 #17

Truly only the judge and jury at the end of the trial will decide. That's not taking a chance, Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #28

Good points. Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #31

It sounds as if she's determined to follow through on this. badhair77 Apr 2023 #2

I am proud for her too, it takes real guts. Chainfire Apr 2023 #3

I think the warning Team TFG got today is going to be significant mcar Apr 2023 #4

I'm not sure that's critical. She contacted two friends shortly afterward. spooky3 Apr 2023 #19

She is my hero. sheshe2 Apr 2023 #5

So much courage mcar Apr 2023 #6

Me too. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #7

A very courageous lady. brer cat Apr 2023 #8

I'm in awe at her strength in facing this trial. nt crickets Apr 2023 #9

She's incredible. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #10

I'm an old guy BOSSHOG Apr 2023 #11

Thank you judesedit Apr 2023 #12

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #21

I was pretty sure BOSSHOG Apr 2023 #25

I was raised Catholic, and attended a Catholic school PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #26

Organized religion is a cancer BOSSHOG Apr 2023 #30

Thank you for your support. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #33

I'm a female also. Demobrat Apr 2023 #16

It's the constant disbelief of women that PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #27

I don't think it's disbelief so much as Demobrat Apr 2023 #29

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #32

I'm sorry for what you've gone through mcar Apr 2023 #20

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #23

Yes she is very brave malaise Apr 2023 #13

Yes, Brava to E Jean Carroll! Cha Apr 2023 #14

Brave Woman LOLarkey Apr 2023 #15

Kicking in support of E. Jean, and women everywhere. love_katz Apr 2023 #18

What she said just gutted me. It should win over the jury. SunSeeker Apr 2023 #22

Also, she has one of the best lawyers in the country, gab13by13 Apr 2023 #24