Judge tosses Trump defamation suit against writer who won sexual abuse lawsuit

Mr Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said that his lawyers would appeal “the flawed decision” to dismiss his counterclaim.

A federal judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s countersuit against columnist E Jean Carroll (Alex Brandon/AP)

A federal judge has dismissed former President Donald Trump’s countersuit against a writer who won a sexual abuse lawsuit against him, ruling that Mr Trump cannot claim she defamed him by continuing to say she was not only sexually abused but raped.

The ruling shuts down Mr Trump’s effort to turn the legal tables on E Jean Carroll, who won a five-million-dollar (£3.9 million) judgment against him in May and is pursuing her own defamation suit.