News E. Jean Carroll rests her rape case against Donald Trump; he denounces defamation trial as ‘bogus’ May 4, 2023David Jackson, USA TODAYComments Off on E. Jean Carroll rests her rape case against Donald Trump; he denounces defamation trial as ‘bogus’ The plaintiff's last witnesses included a friend who said Carroll told her about Trump's sexual assault shortly after the alleged incident in 1996.