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Trump Defamation Claim Against Rape Accuser Carroll Fails
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E. Jean Carroll
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A federal judge tossed out Donald Trump’s defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll, the New York author who last year sued him for allegedly raping her in a department store dressing room decades ago.
The former president, who denies attacking her, accused Carroll of trashing his reputation by continuing to publicly accuse him of rape, including during a May 10 appearance on CNN, despite a jury concluding in May that his actions during the alleged 1996 assault amounted to sexual abuse rather than rape.