Additional Testimony of Sexual Harassment on Airplane
Trump Claims "Being Subjected to Malicious Attacks"

As the civil trial over sexual assault allegations against former U.S. President Donald Trump is underway, an additional sexual assault victim has come forward.


According to the New York Post on the 2nd (local time), Jessica Leeds appeared as a witness for Elizabeth Jean Carroll, a columnist, in the damages claim hearing regarding the allegation that former President Trump sexually assaulted Carroll 30 years ago.


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Leeds stated that she met Trump around 1979 on a flight to New York.


She testified that when she moved to first class at the suggestion of a flight attendant, a man who introduced himself as "Donald Trump" was sitting by the window.


Leeds said, "While we were talking, Trump suddenly kissed and groped me," adding that it felt as if he had countless hands.


She claimed that Trump put his hand under her skirt and tried to move it, so she got out of the seat, and that those few seconds felt "like a lifetime." She also recalled wondering why no one helped her in that situation.


Leeds testified that years later, when she accidentally met Trump at a charity event, he said, "I remember you," which felt like "a bucket of cold water was poured on me."


She also said that after watching the 2016 presidential debate, she was "so angry that I couldn't sleep," which led her to decide to file the accusation. Trump had claimed that the recording of his lewd remarks during the debate was "a joke."


In response to Leeds' testimony, Trump said he was "being maliciously attacked with lies and slander."



Meanwhile, Jean Carroll filed a civil lawsuit claiming that Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room 27 years ago.


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