Trump sexual assault
Trump found liable in civil sexual abuse case
A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine writer E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages. More than a dozen women have accused the former president of sexual misconduct over the years, but this is the only allegation to be affirmed by a jury. Read the completed jury verdict form.
In the civil case, the federal jury of six men and three women unanimously found that Carroll, 79, had sufficiently proved that Trump sexually abused her nearly 30 years ago in a Manhattan department store dressing room. It also found that Trump had defamed her in comments about the case, but it did not find he had raped her, as she had long claimed.
Trump’s lawyer said he intended to appeal. The former president’s lawyers called no witnesses, and he never appeared at the trial to hear Carroll, who had sued him last year, deliver testimony about the attack she said had ended her romantic life forever. The findings are civil, not criminal, meaning Trump has not been convicted of any crime and faces no prison time.
Statement: After the verdict, Carroll said: “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.”
Response: Many of Trump’s political rivals and opponents, including Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and former Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, stayed quiet about the verdict. It is not clear how it will affect Trump’s presidential campaign.
For more: Why was Trump liable for sexual abuse, not rape? New York law gave jurors three types of battery to consider.
(source: nytimes.com)
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