Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation
A New York jury found that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Carroll had accused Trump of forcibly groping and raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman store, but she did not pursue criminal charges at the time due to the statute of limitations. Instead, Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit in 2019 after Trump publicly denied her allegations, dismissing them as a "hoax" and stating that she was "not my type." The civil case, which sought damages for both defamation and battery, allowed the allegations to be legally tested decades later. The jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump's defense team argued that Carroll fabricated her story for political gain and media attention, but the jury rejected these claims. The case was a significant moment in U.S. legal history, marking one of the rare instan...