For decades, trailblazing journalist E. Jean Carroll had been among the most influential voices in media, penning a dedicated advice column for Elle Magazine until 2019, after countless accolades to her name as a TV host, “SNL” writer, bestselling author and pioneering woman editor at Esquire, Playboy and Outside magazines. Since 2019, after coming forward with her sexual assault and defamation allegations against President Trump, Carroll added not one but two more triumphs to her resume: winning two separate legal battles against the current president through a civil court jury that found him liable for both sexually assaulting Carroll and defaming her. She was first awarded $5 million in 2023 and then, upon re-suing Trump, $83 million in 2024.

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