Former President Donald Trump is expected to testify when his sexual assault defamation trial in New York resumes Thursday, two days after the New Hampshire presidential primary.
Writer E. Jean Carroll, 80, is seeking more than $10 million alleging that Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination defamed her when he mocked her sexual assault accusations by saying she "is not my type."
The jury will decide only the damages Carroll will be owed.
The trial is separate from a case last year where another New York jury found Trump, 77, liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a department store dressing room in 1996 and subsequently defaming her in 2022, when he called her a "complete con job."
Commuting between campaign events and the Manhattan courthouse in recent days, Trump planned to testify in court Monday, but the hearing was postponed after a juror fell ill.
The hearing will now take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (EST), the prosecutor's office said.
Trump's anticipated testimony would come on the heels of the Republican primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, where he was expected to defeat South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and secure the Republican presidential nomination.