Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E Jean Carroll
A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.
The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations.
Jurors rejected Ms. Carroll’s claims that she was raped but found Mr. Trump liable for sexually abusing her.
Hours earlier, US District Judge Lewis A Kaplan read instructions on the law to the nine-person jury before the panel began discussing Ms. Carroll’s allegations of battery and defamation.
Mr. Trump, who did not attend the trial, has insisted he never sexually assaulted Ms. Carroll or even knew her.
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