Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, defamation in civil case
STORY: Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, defamation in civil case
DATELINE: May 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:57
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. Trump reacting to the verdict in a Truth Social video message
2. screen print of Trump's Truth Social post
3. various of Trump arriving at the White House (file)
STORYLINE:
A federal jury in New York on Tuesday found former U.S. President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
The jury also found Trump defamed Carroll by denying her claims. She was awarded 5 million U.S. dollars in damages.
Trump, in Truth Social posts on Tuesday, wrote that he would appeal the case while describing the verdict as "a disgrace" and "a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time."
Carroll came forward publicly in 2019 when an excerpt of her forthcoming book was released in a magazine.
Trump has repeatedly denied Carroll's claims, alleging that the American writer and
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