E. Jean Carroll triumphs over Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case.

E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, said she feels "fantastic" after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in her lawsuit against him. Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in Manhattan in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when he mocked and dismissed her claim in 2022. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump denied all charges. Carroll's lawyer said Trump has "absolutely zero" grounds for an appeal.