Advertisement5 things to know as E. Jean Carroll's civil trial begins against Donald TrumpApril 25, 2023Ilya MarritzAndrea BernsteinfacebookEmailFormer President Donald Trump faces a lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist who says he raped her in a department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies the allegations. (Scott Olson/Getty Images; Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)