Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E Jean Carroll

Jurors rejected Ms Carroll’s claims that she was raped but found Mr Trump liable for sexually abusing her.

Former US president Donald Trump. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.

The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations.