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Anne P. DePrince, Professor of Psychology, University of Denver

Trump found liable for assaulting, defaming E. Jean Carroll – after a trial where he relied on a discredited myth about how women should react to rape

E. Jean Carroll arrives for the first day of her civil trial against former President Donald Trump on April 25, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

A Manhattan jury has found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused journalist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and defamed her by saying that she had lied about the assault. The jury, which announced its verdict on May 9, 2023, awarded Carroll US$5 million in damages.

Trump’s legal team ended its closing arguments in his rape trial on May 8 by saying that Carroll was lying about the alleged decades-old assault.

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