Trump found liable for sexually abusing former magazine columnist

NEW YORK

Former US President Donald Trump was found liable Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A jury in Manhattan reached the verdict in a civil lawsuit.

The jury also ordered the former president to pay Carroll $5 million in damages.

Carroll accused Trump of rape in a New York department store nearly three decades ago in the mid-1990s.

Trump denied the accusation, saying Carroll was ''not my type'' and accused her of lying.

The former president responded to the verdict by stating on Truth Social: "I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace - a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time!"