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Jury finds Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

By AP | May. 10, 2023

**Former U.S. President Donald Trump was found guilty of sexual assault and defamation.** [AP]

A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.

The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll's claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse. The judgment adds to Trump's legal woes and offers vindication to Carroll, whose allegations had been mocked and dismissed by Trump for years.

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