WASHINGTON – Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, jurors decided on Tuesday, dealing the former US president a legal setback as he campaigns to retake office in 2024.The nine-member jury in Manhattan federal court awarded about $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.The jury deliberated for just under three hours. It rejected Trump’s denial that he assaulted Carroll and ruled in her favour. The jury of six men and three women was required to reach a unanimous verdict to find him liable.Carroll, 79, testified during the civil trial that Trump, 76, raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan in either 1995 or 1996, then harmed her reputation by writing in an October 2022 post on his Truth Social platform that her claims were a “complete con job,” “a hoax” and “a lie.”President from 2017 to […]
US jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY store
