Trump’s lawyers are already using the repulsive tactics so often deployed against women in this situation. It's not going well.
, meanwhile, used some of the worst strategies defense lawyers use on cross-examination in a case involving a sexual assault. You didn’t scream, Tacopina said to Carroll, as though screaming is some sort of litmus test for whether an assault has taken place. But Carroll had the right response, noting she wasn’t a screamer but that she was surprised and scared. “I’m telling you; he raped me whether I screamed or not,” she said.
One major point of contention has been Carroll’s inability to put a date on the alleged rape. She doesn’t remember the month or the year. The closest she can get is mid-1990s, possibly 1996. She related the details, though, to two friends at the time of the rape. One of these friends said Carroll needed to go to the police and offered to take her. But the other friend, a television anchor, counseled her not to pursue a case.
Interestingly, Carroll’s honesty about her memory gap may actually encourage the jury to believe her. In closing arguments, expect Carroll’s lawyers to say this candor makes hercredible. If she was making up the rape, she could have simply picked a likely sounding date. And if this was some sort of collaboration between Carroll and her two key witnesses, as Trump’s lawyers allege, they would have concocted a better story.
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