Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll ended their civil case against Donald Trump on Thursday, shortly after juries were shown video of the former president’s statement mistaking the accuser for his ex-wife Marla Maples.

«It’s Marla,» Trump said during a statement for the case when he was shown a photo of himself, Carroll and Carroll’s ex-husband in the 1980s.

«That’s Marla, yes. That’s my wife,» Trump continued before being corrected by his attorney, Alina Habba. «No, that’s Carroll,» Habba said. Trump later responded that the photo was «very blurry.»

The end of Carroll’s case potentially clears the way for the trial to move to closing arguments on Monday. Trump’s lawyers said Wednesday that he will not testify and that they are without putting witnesses.

Trump, however, told reporters at a golf course in Ireland on Thursday that he would «go back to New York» because of the case.

Asked if he would go to the trial, he said, «I’ll probably attend,» according to one sky news video of your comments. «She’s fake,» he said of Carroll. «She’s a disgrace.»

Asked if he had any comment on his client’s statements, Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said: «No.»

Carroll sued Trump for assault and defamation, alleging that he raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then falsely accused her of fabricating a «hoax» after she went public with her claim in 2019.

In it excerpts played for the jury in Manhattan federal court, Trump maintained that despite Maples’ confusion, Carroll was «not my type.» Later, he was asked if the three women he had married were his type. «Yes,» he replied.

Trump also acknowledged that when Carroll went public with her claims in a book she had written, the then-president accused her of trying to upsell her with a fabricated story for financial and political reasons, though she did not do so at the time. I don’t know her political affiliation, her financial situation, or her publisher.

When asked what the basis for his accusations was, Trump replied: «I don’t know.»

At other times in the video, he was more combative and repeatedly insulted Carroll during the deposition, calling her a «nutty» and «sick», among other insults.

Trump has repeatedly denied her rape allegation, saying he had been outspoken while publicly defending himself because he was «offended by this woman’s lie.»

“She is a sick person, in my opinion. She really sick. There is something wrong with her,» Trump said.

In the statement, Trump also mocked two other women who have accused him of sexual misconduct: Jessica Leeds, a retired stockbroker, and Natasha Stoynoff, a former People magazine reporter.

Both testified during the trial. Leeds claims Trump groped her on a plane flight to New York in the late 1970s, while Stoynoff says Trump accosted her when she went to interview him and his wife, Melania Trump, in 2005.

Trump called Leeds’ allegations «ludicrous» and Stoynoff’s «false allegations.»

Carol Martin, an old friend of Carroll’s who is one of two people Carroll said told them about the attack shortly after it happened, testified live before the jury Thursday.

Martin said that he had advised Carroll not to report the incident to the police. «He has a lot of lawyers,» Martin said he told Carroll. «He would bury her.»

Martin said she now regrets giving Carroll that advice: «I’m not proud of it.»

Regarding Carroll’s claim itself, Martin said, «I believed it then and I believe it today.»

Dr. Ashlee Humphreys, a sociology professor at Northwestern University, was one of the last witnesses in the case. Humphreys estimated that it would cost Carroll up to $2.7 million to try to repair the damage caused to her reputation by Trump’s remarks.

Carroll is also seeking unspecified monetary damages for the assault, as well as emotional damages and damages caused by the assault.

Vaughn Hillyard, jonathan allen and lisa rubin contributed.