A New York federal jury found former President Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll at a department store in the 1990s, and for defaming her last fall when he denied her claim. The jury of six men and three women ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberations in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. The jury notably did not find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had alleged.

"I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace," Trump wrote in a post on his social media site Truth Social. A spokesman for his 2024 Republican presidential campaign said, "This case will be appealed, and we will ultimately win." Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said, "We are very happy," as she left the courthouse with her client. Carroll did not speak to reporters.

The verdict is the latest legal blow against Trump, who leads early polls for the 2024 GOP nomination. In late March he was indicted by a Manhattan state Supreme Court grand jury on nearly three dozen counts of falsifying business records in connection with a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

A New York federal jury found former President Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll at a department store in the 1990s, and for defaming her last fall when he denied her claim.

The jury of six men and three women awarded Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberations in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had also alleged.

"I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace," Trump wrote in a post on his social media site Truth Social. Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said, "We are very happy," as she left the courthouse with her client, who did not speak to reporters.

Carroll, 79, claimed in her lawsuit that Trump raped her in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman store in the mid-1990s. Trump cannot be prosecuted for the alleged rape because the statute of limitations for such a crime has long since passed.

A New York federal jury found former President Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll at a department store in the 1990s, and for defaming her last fall when he denied her claim.

The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberations in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had also alleged.

The nine-member panel started discussing potential verdicts in the case at 11:50 a.m. ET after Judge Lewis Kaplan gave the panel final instructions and a 10-question verdict form.

A federal jury in New York on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s, and of defaming her last fall when he accused her of making up that account.

The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberation in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had alleged.The nine-member panel started discussing potential verdicts in the case at 11:50 a.m. ET after Judge Lewis Kaplan gave the panel final instructions and a 10-question verdict form.

Carroll, 79, alleged in a lawsuit that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman store in the mid-1990s. Trump cannot be prosecuted for the alleged rape because the statute of limitations for such a crime has long since passed.

Jury says Trump is liable in sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll

A federal jury in New York on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s, and of defaming her last fall when he accused her of making up that account.

The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberation in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan.

The nine-member panel started discussing potential verdicts in the case at 11:50 a.m. ET after Judge Lewis Kaplan gave the panel final instructions and a 10-question verdict form.