Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll walks into Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in New York.
E. Jean Carroll arrives at court for the first day of her rape and defamation trial against Donald Trump.
  • Trump's lawyers had fought to keep jurors from seeing parts of his E. Jean Carroll trial deposition.
  • A judge Tuesday ruled Trump's cringey explanation for his Access Hollywood remarks is admissible.
  • In the disputed cut, Trump says 'stars' have 'historically' been allowed to grab women's genitals. 

In a blow to the defense, a judge ruled Tuesday that the E. Jean Carroll rape-and-defamation jury can hear what is arguably the cringiest part of Donald Trump's trial deposition — the part where he says that "stars" have "historically" been able to grab women's genitals.