“He branded her a liar after abusing her, she she is awarded $5m in compensatory and punitive damages.”
Jurors have decided that former US president Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar.
The jurors’ decision on Tuesday, dealt the former U.S. 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.
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The jury deliberated for just under three hours. It rejected Trump’s denial that he assaulted Carroll and ruled in her favor. To find him liable, the jury of six men and three women was required to reach a unanimous verdict.
The ruling outlined that while Trump did not commit rape, he was liable for battery in regards to Carroll’s accusations that the former commander-in-chief sexually abused her in the late 1990s in a dressing room.
