E. Jean Carroll Triumphs Over Donald Trump In Civil Suit

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990's 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 taken the stand during the trial.

Today, May 9, 2023, journalist E. Jean Carroll won her highly publicized civil suit against former president Donald Trump. The jury in a Manhattan federal court determined that Trump was liable for the defamation and sexual abuse of Carroll during the mid-1990s, awarding Carroll a total of $5 million.

In the suit, which went to trial on April 25, Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan during the mid-1990s, which he denied. The two had bumped into one another while shopping and Trump asked Carroll to help him pick out a gift, she said. Carroll testified that he then coaxed her into a fitting room, where, she said, he slammed her head against the wall and raped her. (The jury did not find Trump liable for rape.)