E. Jean Carroll and the ‘Hideosity Bar’
The accusation landed with a thud in the media, briefly disturbing the public conversation one sunny Friday afternoon the way a spilled glass of wine momentarily disturbs a dinner party. E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist, had published an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir on the cover of magazine, in which she accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room more than 20 years ago. According to Carroll, the incident likely took place in 1996, when Trump was merely a crass businessman with a thirst for tabloid fame. Two friends she called, then to . Carroll did not use the word in her account of what happened in the dressing room with the man who would become president, but there was little room for doubt that it fit the legal definition.
