‘Like 40 Million Hands’: E. Jean Carroll Witness Says Trump Groped Her on Plane
Jessica Leeds was the first witness Carroll’s lawyers called to help establish a pattern of sexual assault by the former president
BY NIKKI MCCANN RAMIREZ
IN 2016, BUSINESSWOMAN Jessica Leeds described to The New York Times how Donald Trump groped her non-consensually during a 1979 flight to New York City. On Tuesday, Leeds recounted her story under oath as a witness on behalf of E. Jean Carroll, who has accused the former president of raping her in a department store dressing room in the ‘90s.
Leeds told the jury how she was upgraded from her seat in coach to the flight’s first-class cabin, and was seated next to Trump. “Out of the blue” she recalled, “Trump decided to kiss me and grope me.”