Figuring that out will take some time, she added. But she will splurge on one luxury, she said — for her Great Pyrenees & her pit bull. “I’m going to be able to buy some premium dog food now,” she said.

… #EJeanCarroll said that it was not until Sat morning that she finally began to enjoy what happened. “It was so overpowering yesterday, I couldn’t feel the elation.”

“This morning, around 8 or 9, having my first cup of tea, is when I truly felt calm enough to feel what we had accomplished.”

#EJeanCarroll said the verdict was a victory for #women, especially.

“This win, more than any other thing, when we needed it the most — after we lost the rights over our own bodies in many states — we put out our flag in the ground on this one. Women won this one. I think it bodes well for the future.”

#rape #law #RoeVWade #Dobbs #BodilyAutonomy #MaleSupremacy #Trump

… #EJeanCarroll said that, as the trial approached, she was frightened at the prospect of confronting the man whom she had accused of assaulting her decades earlier. Her decision to publicly accuse him led to years of his insults & taunts; he called her a liar & said that he did not know her.

“I was terrified — for weeks ahead,” Ms. Carroll said. But as she began to testify on Jan. 16, w/ #Trump at the defense table, she said she felt emboldened. “He’s like nothing in front of me,” she said.