A string of outlandish television interviews are eroding the credibility of E. Jean Carroll, who has claimed that President Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s.

After New York Magazine released an excerpt of Carroll’s upcoming book, which featured a harrowing story claiming that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room in the lingerie department of Bergdorf Goodman in 1995 or 1996, I argued that the allegation should be taken seriously and examined carefully, but not reflexively believed. Carroll does deserve a fair hearing, but her recent media appearances are not doing her any favors.