Donald Trump found by jury to have sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll and told to pay $5m in compensation
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $5 million in damages after a jury found he sexually abused – but did not rape – writer E Jean Carroll. The ex-US President, 76, had been accused of the sexual assault of Ms Carroll, 79, at a department store and the subsequent defamation of the writer by saying she had made up her claim, and the verdict was read out at a federal court in New York City on Tuesday. (09.05.23) A jury of six men and three women spent seven hours deciding the civil claims of battery and defamation in the case and also found Trump defamed Ms Carroll in an October 2022 social med...