WOMEN

Sexual-Assault Case Victory Resurrects Painful Encounters

Could I have done more to fight back?

Vanessa Gallman
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
3 min readFeb 2, 2024

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Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

An 80-year-old woman endured years of legal actions and personal attacks to hold a powerful man accountable for a decades-old sexual assault and defamation.

The $83.3-million award to journalist and author E. Jean Carroll against former…

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Vanessa Gallman
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Experienced journalist, educator and retired opinion-page editor with occasional musings