Trump rape trial: jury to hear closing arguments in E Jean Carroll lawsuit

Former president, who has declined to testify, denies rape of advice columnist in Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1996

The jury in E Jean Carroll's civil lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape and defamation is to hear closing arguments in New York on Monday.

The three women and six men who have listened to seven days of testimony, including three by Carroll herself, will then retire to consider whether they believe the advice columnist's account of the alleged sexual assault in a New York department store dressing room in 1996.