Sexually abused.....

Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in civil case 

From CNN's Lauren del Valle

Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll was holding attorney Shawn Crowley's hand as the verdict was read in the Manhattan federal court, according to CNN correspondent Kara Scannell, who was in the courtroom at the time.

She said the writer "had a sense of relief," appeared to rock forward and that a smile came across her face.

A jury on Tuesday found former president Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and awarded her a total of about $5 million.

Ahead of the verdict's reading, Judge Lewis Kaplan asked those in the courtroom to have decorum and avoid verbal and physical reactions, which attendees abided by, Scannell said.

Once the jury was escorted out and the verdict was read, Carroll hugged her lead attorney Roberta Kaplan, according to Scannell. Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina made his way to the plaintiff's table and shook Carroll and her attorney's hands, she said.