DONALD Trump has defended his remarks about grabbing women sexually without asking. The ex-President was caught on tape in 2005 saying: “When you’re a star, they let you do it. ReutersDonald Trump has defended his remarks about grabbing women sexually without asking[/caption] “You can do anything.” Jurors in a civil rape case against Trump were yesterday shown a deposition filmed last October, in which he insisted it was “true of the stars”. Asked if he was a star, he added: “Yeah.” He had previously said his original remarks — leaked days before his 2016 election win — were just “locker room talk”. Writer E Jean Carroll, 79, claims Trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s, and is also suing him for defamation. He denies her claims. The 2024 Republican front-runner has yet to attend the New York court but yesterday said on a trip to Ireland that he planned to.