On the second day of her civil trial against former President Donald Trump, writer E. Jean Carroll testified that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s in the dressing room of a department store. She described a lighthearted encounter they had at Bergdorf Goodman that quickly turned into a brutal assault. Carroll said she tried to fight off Trump by stamping on his foot, but he overpowered her. The incident left her traumatized for decades, she said, and she did not report it at the time because she feared losing her job as a TV show host under the supervision of Roger Ailes, a friend of Trump's. Carroll is suing Trump for battery and defamation, after he publicly denied her claims in 2019. Trump has called her allegations a “hoax and a lie,” and denied knowing her. Carroll’s case is one of several legal actions against Trump.