Asked why she did not scream during Trump's alleged attack, Carroll said she was panicked and is "not a screamer" by nature.

On her second day of testimony, Carroll on Thursday forcefully denied that she came forward with her story more than two decades so she could sell more copies of her 2019 memoir titled "What Do We Need Men For?"

Carroll said she witnessed women going public in 2017 with sexual assault allegations against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. It was then she realized she couldn't stay silent about Trump.

Under oath, Carroll said "I thought, well, this may be a way to change the culture of sexual violence."

Trump's lawyers are trying to undermine Carroll's credibility after she testified in graphic detail on Wednesday that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996.

Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina said that Carroll's account was "odd" and suggested it was only when she "wanted to make money" from her memoir that she spoke up.

He also pressed Carroll on her inability to recall exactly when her encounter with Trump happened, prompting her to say "I wish to heaven" that she had an exact date.

Carroll is seeking unspecified damages from Trump, saying he ruined her career and invited a flood of online harassment after he called her rape claim a hoax on his Truth Social media platform, and said she was not his "type."

She's also suing Trump for battery under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which lets adults take their alleged abusers to court long after statutes of limitations have run out.

Trump has consistently denied Carroll's allegations. He has not attended the trial and is not required to be there.