E. Jean Carroll’s Second Defamation Trial Could Hit Trump’s Wallet Again

A jury final yr ordered Donald Trump to pay $5 million to columnist E. Jean Carroll, discovering the previous president was responsible for sexually abusing her within the Nineties—and for defaming her a lot later when he denied it. An extra trial started Tuesday to find out whether or not he’ll must pay her much more.

Carroll, an creator and former Elle journal columnist, made her sexual-assault allegations in opposition to Trump public in 2019, when New York Magazine revealed an excerpt of her e book, which alleged he assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. In the aftermath, she filed a pair of associated lawsuits in opposition to Trump.