“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen,” legendary journalist E. Jean Carroll told the jury on the first day of her groundbreaking civil trial against the former US president. “He lied and shattered my reputation. I’m here to try and get my life back.” A jury found he sexually abused her, but not that he raped her. Trump continues to deny he did anything wrong.
But now Trump has sued Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape despite the jury finding that he sexually abused her.
