The former president of the United States was denounced last year by a journalist who accused him of a rape that occurred in 1996 in the fitting rooms of a store
By iProfessional
09/05/2023 – 16,42hs
The jury of the federal court in Manhattan declared the former president of the United States Donald Trump responsible for sexual abuse ex-journalist Elizabeth Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The ex-president, accused only in civil proceedings, denied the accusations, although he was sentenced to pay a compensation of 5 million dollars. Because this was a civil case, Trump does not face criminal consequences.
Carroll, 79, sued Trump last year for a rape that occurred in 1996 in the changing rooms of a department store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
The writer also sued the tycoon for defamation after calling the revelation of the assault in a book she published in 2019 a “complete scam”, a “falsehood” and a “lie”.
To find him responsible, the jury of six men and three women was required to reach a unanimous verdict.
The rape allegation surfaced in Carroll’s 2019 memoir: “What do we need men for? A modest proposition.” Days ago, under questioning, he denied fabricating his claims to push publicity for the memoir.
Carroll’s civil lawsuit for assault and defamation alleges that Trump raped her and then tarnished his reputation by claiming in an October 2022 post on his Truth Social platform that the former Elle magazine columnist’s case was an “absolute scam” and a “falsehood and a lie”.
Carroll’s civil lawsuit for assault and defamation alleges Trump raped her and then tarnished her reputation
Trump, a Republican seeking to return to the US presidency in 2024, denied the allegations and said he never met Carroll, whom he accuses of fabricating the story.
A witness who had complicated Trump
A friend of E. Jean Carroll last week backed the writer’s account of her alleged rape by Donald Trump, testifying during a civil trial that she received a phone call about the attack minutes after it happened.
Writer Lisa Birnbach told a jury in Manhattan federal court that she remembered “vividly” that Carroll called her one night in the spring of 1996 and told her that Trump had just attacked her in a fitting room in the lingerie section of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York.
The rape allegation surfaced in Carroll’s 2019 memoir “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal.” Under questioning, Trump denied fabricating his claims to push publicity for the memoir.
