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Donald Trump raped me, writer E Jean Carroll testifies in New York court

E Jean Carroll leaves court after testifying on Wednesday. ‘He [Trump] lied and shattered my reputation. I’m here to try and get my life back,’ she said.
E Jean Carroll leaves court after testifying on Wednesday. ‘He [Trump] lied and shattered my reputation. I’m here to try and get my life back,’ she said. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP

The advice columnist E Jean Carroll told a New York jury on Wednesday that Donald Trump raped her, leaving her unable to have a romantic relationship, and then “shattered my reputation” by denying the attack occurred.

Carroll testified in her civil lawsuit seeking damages for battery – after Trump allegedly sexually assaulted her in a New York department store changing room in 1996 – and for defamation, after he accused her of lying and perpetrating a hoax when she went public with her accusations in a book.

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