US magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll departs the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on May 9, 2023. A New York jury ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump was liable for the sexual abuse of an American former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s, multiple US media reported. The nine jurors decided following a civil trial that the ex-president did not rape E. Jean Carroll, but did find him liable for defaming her, The New York Times, CNN and others reported. Trump was ordered to pay Carroll a total of $5 million in damages, the reports said. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)