Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan courthouse after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s on May 09, 2023, in New York City. The jury awarded her $5 million in damages for her battery and defamation claims. Carroll has testified that she was raped by former President Trump, giving details about the alleged attack in the mid-1990s. Trump had stated that the attack never happened and has denied meeting her. He did not take the stand during the trial. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
Former President Donald was found liable for sexual assault E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s by a New York grand jury in a civil case. He is ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
A former Elle Magazine columnist, Carroll had accused Trump in 2019 in a memoir that described her encounter with the former president. The bumped into each other at Bergdorf Goodman, a department store in New York City.
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