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Trump Attacks 'Biased' Judge After Jury Finds He Sexually Abused Writer In Changing Room

Donald Trump has promised to appeal and called it a "disgrace" after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing a writer in the 1990s.

The former US president was also found to have defamed E Jean Carroll, but the civil trial rejected her claim she was raped during the encounter.

Trump must pay the former Elle magazine advice columnist $5m (£4m) in damages.

Ms Carroll, 79, said they ran into each other in a department store in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996 and that Trump ended up raping her in a changing room.

She also said he defamed her by claiming she made up the story.


E Jean Carroll leaving Manhattan Federal Court

Trump lashed out on his Truth Social site, calling the outcome "a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time" and a "disgrace".

He claimed the judge was biased and made sure "the result was as negative as it could possibly be, speaking to, and in control of a jury from an anti-Trump area..."

The nine-person jury deliberated for just under three hours before finding him guilty on Tuesday.

Following the verdict, Ms Carroll said she sued Trump to "get my life back" and that "today the world finally knows the truth".

"This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed," she said.

She testified that the attack happened after a chance encounter with Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman store across the street from Trump Tower.

She said it started as a light-hearted interaction in which they teased each other about trying a piece of lingerie, before Trump became violent inside a dressing room.

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