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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Will Trump have to register as a sex offender after $5m E Jean Carroll verdict?

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A jury in New York has found former president Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing Elle magazine columnist E Jean Carroll and for then defaming her when he denied the allegations against him.

Ms Carroll, 79, sued Mr Trump, 76, for attacking her in a dressing room of the luxury Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the spring of 1996 and then “destroying” her reputation when he claimed she was lying.

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