Donald Trump destroyed the credibility of E. Jean Carroll in an avalanche of posts on his Truth Social account showcasing a thorough recap of Carroll’s prior statements, including her opinion that she thinks most people think rape is “sexy.”
Carroll an 80-year-old former Elle magazine author, alleged in 2019 that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Trump maintains Carroll is a “whack job” who’s “not my type” and denies the allegations, insisting that he had no idea who Carroll was prior to the outlandish claims.
A Manhattan jury found Trump was not guilty of rape, but when the former president claimed Carroll was “deranged,” she immediately started a defamation suit, and Judge Lewis Kaplan was more than happy to pile on the damage compensations.
In May 2022, Judge Kaplan ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump appealed and called the case “attempted extortion” based on “fabricated lies and political shenanigans.”
Last year, Carroll went after Trump again, suing him over remarks he made while still in the White House in response to rape allegations. Judge Kaplan sided with Carroll and issued a pretrial judgment last year finding Trump liable for defamation, leaving a trial to determine how much he will pay.
Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in damages in the second defamation case, more for defamation than she sued for the alleged assault, which is unfolding in a Manhattan court this week.