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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bevan Hurley

Donald Trump ‘raped’ columnist E Jean Carroll in 1996 and then ‘destroyed’ her career, jury hears

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Donald Trump allegedly raped advice columnist E Jean Carroll during a chance encounter at an upmarket New York department store and then “destroyed” her career when he repeatedly lied about the claims, a civil jury in New York heard on Tuesday.

Ms Carroll, 79, is suing Mr Trump, 76, for battery and defamation in a civil trial in a US Federal Court in Lower Manhattan, the latest in a swirl of litigation surrounding the former president as he prepares to run for the White House in 2024.

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