Donald Trump’s forthcoming civil trial over comments about the writer E Jean Carroll and her allegation that he raped her will only concern how much more he has to pay, a judge said on Wednesday, ruling that the comments were libelous.
The trial, set for January, is the second in the case. In the first, earlier this year, Trump was found liable for defamation and sexual abuse, regarding Carroll’s allegation that he assaulted her in the changing rooms of a New York department store in the mid-1990s. He was then ordered to pay damages of $5m.
