E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, testified on Wednesday in the Manhattan federal court against former President Donald Trump for battery and defamation. Carroll took the stand for her civil lawsuit accusing Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the spring of 1996. She claimed that Trump lied, shattered her reputation and that she wants her life back. Trump has repeatedly denied her allegations. Carroll testified in a blunt and emotional manner, stating that "my whole reason for being alive in that moment was to get out of that room." The lawsuit alleges that Trump sexually assaulted and raped Carroll in a luxury department store. The trial began on Tuesday and it is not clear when the defense attorneys will begin cross-examining Carroll. During the testimony, Carroll cried while recalling the moment Trump allegedly inserted his penis into her. Carroll and Trump had met years before the incident, and she testified that she had a favorable impression of him at the time.