US Politics

Donald Trump sexually assaulted E Jean Carroll and must pay $5m, jury finds

The verdict comes as the former president begins his campaign to seek re-election

A New York jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, ordering the former president to pay her $5 million in damages. Picture: Getty

Donald Trump has been found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll and has been ordered to pay her $5 million in damages.

The New York jury of six men and three women returned the verdict on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court after deliberating for less than three hours.

Carroll had accused Trump of raping her in the dressing room of a Fifth Avenue department store in the 1990s and then defaming ...