Posted on 05/09/2023 1:02:55 PM PDT by Signalman
A civil jury in New York City has found President Donald Trump not guilty of raping E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room nearly three decades ago. The jury found Trump liable for forcibly touching, sexually abusing and battery of Carroll. They also found he defamed her. Trump will be ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages.
President Trump denied all of the charges and accusations. Further, he maintains he never knew or met Carroll.
"It's the most ridiculous, disgusting story. It's just made up," Trump said during his deposition in the case.
Trump's legal team has vowed to appeal the verdict.
Carroll's lawsuit against Trump was funded by Democratic mega donor Reid Hoffman.
Earlier this month, Carroll’s lawyers disclosed to Trump’s team that Carroll “now recalls that at some point, her counsel secured additional funding from a nonprofit organization to offset certain expenses and legal fees.”
Billionaire Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn who has donated millions to Democrats and liberal causes, primarily funded that nonprofit, court documents show.
BREAKING: A Manhattan jury just found Donald Trump liable in a civil lawsuit for E. Jean Carroll's claims of abuse and defamation but REJECTS her claim that he raped her in the 90s.
She's the lady who said "rape is sexy" on CNN.
Her lawsuit was also entirely funded by Democrat… pic.twitter.com/8fTgMaI7Aj
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 9, 2023 This is a breaking story, stay tuned for updates.
Guilty and Not Guilty are not determinations that a civil jury makes.
Is one allowed to appeal a ruling in a civil case?
President Trump was not being tried for rape. He was neither convicted nor acquitted of it.
Pay her in pennies
“The jury found Trump liable for forcibly touching, sexually abusing and battery of Carroll. They also found he defamed her. Trump will be ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages.”
Now they’ll say he was found guilty of sexual molestation and is a sex offender.
The term "Gold digger" immediately comes to mind.
I think he is the one who has been defamed.
And he had lots of fame to get damaged.
Oh let the Trump haters have their moment, would you?
An appeal would be successful only if the judge erred as a matter of law. did Tacopino move for him to recuse himself? I can’t remember.
If the store janitor had approached this woman - she would have screamed.... if any of this was true.
From the woman that cannot even recall the year this supposedly happened. Sickening
I’m not understanding the logic of this verdict.
E. Jean Carrol Specifically accused Trump of RAPE. The Jury found Trump NOT GUILTY of rape probably based on lack of evidence. But then decided that he committed sexual abuse.., based on what evidence?
The charge was rape, not sexual abuse!!
If they did not find enough evidence to convict Trump of the former, on what evidence did they base their decision on the latter?
It’s totally illogical to me. Somebody please help me understand this.
Who cares? Scruggs shoulders, yawns...
NYC Kangaroo Court.
“her friends corroborated that she told them at the time of the assault”
That probably tipped the scales.
Trump might have to pay some lawyers $5M to appeal the case, but he won’t pay her a penny.
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she’ll get caught up in the trump quick sand and end up owing Trump money like stormy daniels???
I accuse you of having stolen one million dollars from me; i have never met you but the “jury” in Manhattan (88 percent vote for Senile) finds that you owe it to me. How do you defend yourself??
Trump wont pay squat, he is going to counter sue her lying ass..this bogus “Case” will be thrown out on appeal, you cant find someone not liable for rape but guilty of sexual battery its the freakin SAME THING
New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act permits alleged victims to bring claims within seven years of the alleged physical violation, and CPLR 213-c, which was amended in September 2019, also is used to bring civil claims of sexual assault under a 20-year statute of limitations.Feb 22, 2023
How’d she get around this one? She claims the “assault” happened in ‘96.
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