""I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat, elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds, and sits in a courtroom and moans and groans and complains and snorts," Carroll told The Daily Beast Podcast."
""They were mesmerized, you have never seen anything like it.""
""He never sat still, and he talked the entire time within earshot of the jury," Carroll said. "He belittled Alina Habba, his own attorney. He would spit as he was talking. He didn't smell so good.""
""When a man is innocent, he doesn't storm out of a courtroom. He stays and fights. He turned tail and stormed out of the courtroom. He lost right at that second. He couldn't have looked more guilty.""
E. Jean Carroll won a 2023 lawsuit when a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her and defaming her, awarding $5 million. Trump displayed an agitated, unlikeable courtroom demeanor, described as scowling, squirming, moaning, groaning, and snorting, with distinctive makeup and hair. He repeatedly spoke within earshot of the jury, belittled his own attorney, spat while talking, and exhibited poor hygiene. Trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments when attorney Roberta Kaplan challenged him. The jury's verdict produced elation and a profound sense of vindication for survivors.
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