US federal appeals court upholds sexual abuse finding against Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump (Rick Scuteri/AP)

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the five million-dollar (£3.99 million) award that the Manhattan jury granted to E Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.