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The litigation involving E. Jean Carroll and the use of the Access Hollywood recording as evidence
Two active civil matters are driving the real-world threat of freezing or seizing Donald J. Trump’s assets: New York Attorney General Letitia James’s $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump an...
have publicly accused of rape or sexual assault over decades; the only accusation that has produced a civil finding of liability is from writer , while other high-profile claims—such as the anonymous ...
The claim that molested “Sasha” (Sascha) Riley originates from a set of viral audio recordings attributed to an alleged survivor; those recordings and the specific accusations naming Trump have been w...
brought two related federal civil lawsuits against — initially for defamation tied to his denials of her sexual-assault allegation and later adding a battery claim under ’s Adult Survivors Act — and w...
A range of women over four decades have publicly accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct that spans unwanted kissing, groping, attempted rape and rape; estimates in reporting range from about two do...
Donald J. Trump has been accused by numerous women of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment stretching back decades, and a New York jury found him civilly liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Car...
A substantial body of reporting and legal findings shows dozens of women have accused Donald Trump of sexual harassment, assault, and other misconduct over several decades, and a civil jury found him ...
has been the defendant in multiple civil actions tied to , the most consequential of which were brought by writer and resulted in multi‑million dollar judgments that courts have largely upheld on appe...
The 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape is a hot-mic recording of Donald Trump and Billy Bush in which Trump boasts about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women who were not his wife and uses the...
A substantial roster of women—commonly counted in the mid‑20s—have publicly accused of misconduct ranging from groping to rape, and several pursued civil claims; the most legally consequential outcome...
The strongest, most legally tested evidence in the public record relates to : a jury found civilly liable for after the trial admitted corroborating testimony, a contemporaneous pattern tape and other...
Fact-checkers have treated viral claims that raped a minor in the 1990s as a serious allegation that lacks conclusive public evidence, distinguishing between unproven or withdrawn accusations, civil-l...
The most concrete, publicly available court records showing legal findings against concern the civil suits brought by writer , where a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation and...
Federal courts repeatedly rejected Donald Trump’s assertion that presidential immunity shields him from E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims, finding first that he waived the defense by raising it late...
Ivana Trump’s allegation — reported during her 1990 divorce deposition and later characterized as “rape” in some accounts — stands out because it originated from Trump’s then-wife during matrimonial l...
In 2016 two civil complaints surfaced accusing Donald Trump of raping a 13‑year‑old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein: an initial anonymous California filing (under the name "Katie Johnson") t...
Donald Trump and entities tied to him have faced multiple claims of sexual misconduct over decades; the clearest, court-affirmed payment tied directly to such allegations is the E. Jean Carroll verdic...
Donald J. Trump has not been criminally convicted of rape or of “pedophile” charges according to the reporting provided; civil juries have, however, found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation in...
No credible, verifiable evidence shows that Donald Trump or his affiliates paid settlements to resolve multiple underage sexual‑assault claims; widely circulated lists claiming millions in payoffs to ...
has in fact sued some people and many media organizations over alleged defamatory statements, but who have accused him of rape or sexual assault is legally risky, strategically fraught, and in several...