E. Jean Carroll took a victory lap.
The writer declared on social media Thursday, “Never Forget May 9th!” It’s the anniversary of a jury awarding her $5 million for Trump defaming her.
“Trump can be beat! Trump can be trounced! Trump can lose,” she wrote.
The jury at the time found Trump not liable for rape, but responsible for sexually abusing Carroll and then defaming her by claiming she made it up.
In January, $83.3 million was awarded to Carroll for Trump’s continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store.
The latter was the second time in nine months that a civil jury returned a verdict related to Carroll’s claim that a flirtatious, chance encounter with Trump in 1996 at Bergdorf Goodman’s Fifth Avenue store ended violently. She said Trump slammed her against a dressing room wall, pulled down her tights and forced himself on her.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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