It’s directed by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy. This is an excerpt of the 1996 documentary Jane: An Abortion Service. 'He shattered my reputation,' Carroll testified last week. In 1969, a group of women in Chicago decided to take matters into their own hands, setting up a hotline offering counseling and providing abortion services under the moniker Jane.

A previous lawsuit filed by Carroll in 2019 is still pending. The civil trial stems from a lawsuit filed in November 2022, after New York passed a law that eliminated for one year the statute of limitations for adults who claim they were sexually assaulted. Kaplan previously barred Tacopina from bringing up the entrepreneur, Reid Hoffman.Ĭarroll has alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman store in either 1995 or 1996. Laura Kaplan, who joined Jane in 1971, has pieced together the histories of the anonymous (here identified only by pseudonyms), average-sounding women who transformed themselves into outlaws.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer 'The Story of Jane is a piece of women's history in step with feminist theory demanding that women tell their own stories. Carrolls lawsuit is her second against Trump related to her rape.

Tacopina also cited a statement made by Carroll during her testimony in which she said that Trump accused her of being 'a democratic operative,' and asked the judge to conclude that she opened the door to being questioned about financial support for Carroll's litigation against Trump she previously received from a billionaire entrepreneur who has frequently donated to Democratic causes. Kaplan denied Tacopinas request for a mistrial before testimony resumed Monday morning. Many of the sustained objections arose when Tacopina questioned Carroll about her account of the alleged attack, questioning her testimony that she did not scream, and expressing doubt about Carroll's testimony that the department store, Bergdorf Goodman, was relatively empty at the time of the attack.

The Story of Jane by Laura Kaplan