US jury orders Donald Trump to pay E Jean Carroll over $US83 million

A US jury has found former president Donald Trump must pay more than $US83 million to E. Jean Carroll in a defamation trial. The case was brought by the former magazine columnist who claims he raped her in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when he denied her allegations. The jury decided Donald Trump should pay $US18.3 million in compensatory damages and $US65 million in punitive damages. Last year a jury in New York found the former president had sexually assaulted Ms Carroll in the 1990s. Mr Trump continued to deny the claims.