Second woman accuses Trump of assault at trial

(2 May 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS - MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
New York - 2 May 2023
1. Courtroom sketch STILL of Trump accuser Jessica Leeds testifying on the witness stand with video of former President Donald Trump on a computer screen
HEADLINE: SECOND WOMAN ACCUSES TRUMP OF ASSAULT AT TRIAL

ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 2 May 2023
2. Jessica Leeds, who testified former President Donald Trump molested her, is seen leaving the courthouse
ANNOTATION: A woman who says Donald Trump molested her on an airline flight in the late 1970s testified as a witness in support of E. Jean Carroll.

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Leeds, Witness who supported the testimony of E. Jean Carroll:
"First, I'd like to thank the lawyers who represented me, Anne Champion and Dillon Westfall. They've taken good care of me. I would like to express my support for E. Jean Carroll with her suit against Trump. Her story rings true to me. I also would like to encourage anyone who has suffered sexual aggression to know they are not alone and they can speak up. It seems society and perpetrators won't get the message of how damaging aggression is until it becomes apparent and it's so rampant."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Leeds, Witness who supported the testimony of E. Jean Carroll:
(Reporter: What was it like testifying today?)
"It's nerve wracking. It's not fun. It's not fun. And I hope I never have to tell this story again."
5. Various of Leeds outside the courthouse, entering vehicle
ANNOTATION: Meanwhile, Trump’s lawyer said Tuesday that the former president has decided against testifying.
STORYLINE:
A woman who says Donald Trump silently molested her on an airliner in the late 1970s testified Tuesday in support of the writer who alleges that a flirtatious 1996 encounter with the future president ended in a violent sexual attack.

Jessica Leeds, 81, of Asheville, North Carolina, said Trump accosted her with what seemed like “40 zillion hands.”

She joined other witnesses who supported the testimony of E. Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist who publicly aired her claims against Trump in 2019, when she published a memoir. Trump has repeatedly denied the claims, saying Carroll lied to sell books and disparage him.

The witnesses were meant to support Carroll's testimony over three days ending Monday that Trump raped her in the dressing room of a luxury department store in midtown Manhattan.

Leeds said she was in her late 30s and working in sales when she was invited by a flight attendant aboard a daytime flight from Dallas or Atlanta to New York to sit in the only empty aisle seat in the first-class cabin.

Conversation between the pair was mostly forgettable, Leeds recalled, as they ate a nice meal, before “all of a sudden Trump decided to kiss me and grope me.”

“There was no conversation. It was like out of the blue. It was like a tussle. He was trying to kiss me, trying to pull me towards him. He was grabbing my breasts. It was like he had 40 zillion hands. It was like a tussling match between the two of us,” she recalled.

Leeds said the standoff ended when she realized no aircraft employees were coming to the rescue and Trump seemed to get more aggressive.

“It was when he started putting his hand up my skirt that gave me strength. I managed to wriggle out of my seat and storm back to my seat in coach. I don’t think there was a word or a sound made by either one of us,” she recalled.
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