We know Donald Trump is a narcissistic ignoramus, but is he also a rapist? A pending court case in New York raises the possibility. The incendiary story has not gotten much play beyond a handful of online articles, including this one in the Huffington Post. It’s worth knowing about.

The accusations in the case are ghastly: a woman identified only as “Jane Doe” claims that he tied her up and raped and beat her when she was thirteen years old back in the 1990s. The statute of limitations has run out, but her lawyer says she was afraid to speak up until now and therefore deserves a chance to pursue justice.

In an earlier case, Trump’s then-wife, Ivana, accused him of rape. After they divorced, she blurred the edges of her claim, perhaps as part of the divorce agreement. Another previous charge involves a woman who had business dealings with Trump long before he became a presidential candidate. She says Trump sexually assaulted her–and she has not recanted.

The three women’s detailed descriptions of the abuse they purportedly suffered at his hands are of a piece with what we already know about Trump, a cruel and unethical man with no impulse control.

He deserves his day in court just like everybody else, but boy, if he’s guilty, wouldn’t it be sweet to see him convicted, sent to the slammer, and taken off our hands. Wouldn’t it be nice to trade in the nightmare for a little bit of peace.