E. Jean Carroll attorney Shawn Crowley acknowledged that more people know Carroll now than they did in 2019 before she made the sexual assault allegations against then-President Donald Trump.
“When you make an allegation against a sitting president, and he uses his massive megaphone to go after you, more people are going to know who you are,” Crowley said.
She also has received support from many people, including “some celebrities,” Crowley said. That support does not overshadow the negative reputation she now has, her lawyer argued.
“Of course, she’d rather be known as a writer than a liar and a fraud,” Crowley said.
Trump’s statements about Carroll to this day are “dripping with malice, with hate,” Crowley said.
“When the president speaks, the world listens,” she said. “The hate mail, the threats that she’s gotten — they parrot Donald Trump’s words.”
Crowley also pushed back on Trump’s defense argument that Carroll is happy and enjoys the attention she’s gotten.
“Those moments of joy do not mean that her life has been easy since June 2019. Far from it,” Crowley said.
