What to know about the Trump-E. Jean Carroll trial that is set to begin this month

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On the heels of his historic indictment at the Manhattan criminal court, former President Donald Trump's legal woes will soon begin another chapter with a civil trial set to kick off later this month.

This month's trial concerns the allegations made in 2019 by the advice columnist and author E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.

In 2019, then again in 2022, Carroll filed a pair of civil lawsuits over the incident, accusing Trump of defamation and battery, seeking unspecified damages.