what is e jean carroll accusing trump of

E. Jean Carroll is accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault and, in some accounts, rape in the mid-1990s, and she also says he defamed her by denying her allegations publicly.

What she says happened

Carroll has said Trump attacked her in a department store dressing room in Manhattan around 1996. In civil court, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing her and for defamation, though it did not find that he raped her.

Why it keeps coming up

The case has remained in the news because of appeals and related legal fights, including the Supreme Court recently declining to hear Trump’s appeal in the case.

TL;DR: She says Trump sexually assaulted her and defamed her by denying it.