Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, jurors decided on Tuesday, dealing the former US president a legal setback as he campaigns to retake office in 2024.
The nine-member jury in Manhattan federal court awarded about $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
“I know you’re going to do your duty under your oath to render a just and true verdict,” US District Judge Lewis Kaplan told the jury of six men and three women.They are tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, any one of which would satisfy her claim of battery. They will separately be asked if Trump defamed Carroll.
On Tuesday, Trump posted a message on his Truth Social platform, claiming that “despite being a current political candidate and leading all others in both parties,” he was not” allowed to speak or defend himself” against what he called a false accusation. Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge, said during closing arguments that a 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Trump says women let him “grab ’em by the pu***” bolstered the accounts of Carroll and other women who have accused Trump of sexual assault.
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