In a so-called “press conference” in Manhattan on Friday — after which he took no questions — former President Donald Trump repeatedly assailed writer E. Jean Carroll and other women who accused him of sexual misconduct. Now, one legal expert is saying that tirade may end up costing him. Trump was in court on Friday for a hearing about his appeal of a $5 million civil verdict from 2023, in which the 45th president of the United States was found liable for sexual abuse. That verdict was separate from his early 2024 verdict for defamation, in which a New York jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $8…