Donald Trump won’t be there to see it, but the former US
president’s deeply tarnished reputation may be about to take
another serious hit as a New York jury decides whether he is a
rapist.
E Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist and author, will finally
get her day in court this week, nearly four decades after she
alleges that Trump pinned her against the wall of a New York
department store changing room and sexually assaulted her.
New York trial could confer new title on Donald Trump: Rapist.
Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and
Politics at Rutgers University, said the case stands out even
amid Trump’s myriad legal problems because it revives
memories some of his most egregious behaviour.
"This case brings all that up and in some ways adds to that
outrage that women feel about him. He has been accused of
this kind of behaviour so many times and he’s never been
held accountable. This time it seems like he may in fact be
held accountable", Walsh said.