A New York jury found Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll for defaming her when he denied he sexually assaulted her, the latest legal setback for the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House.
The award was handed down Friday in a Manhattan federal court after a trial that spanned two weeks. Carroll testified Trump shattered her reputation and put her life at risk when he falsely claimed the assault never took place, which unleashed waves of online abuse and threats by his followers.
