Donald Trump has been found liable for the sexual abuse of a journalist in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, in a significant legal defeat for the former US president as he mounts a third bid for the White House.
A nine-person jury deliberated for just a few hours before unanimously finding Trump liable for battery and defamation, while clearing him of a separate claim of rape in the lawsuit brought by E Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist and television presenter. The jury awarded her a total of $5mn in damages.
“Today, the world finally knows the truth,” Carroll said in a statement. “This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.”
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