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Jurors reach verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against Donald Trump
The New York Post ^ | 05/09/2023 | Priscilla DeGregory

Posted on 05/09/2023 11:55:32 AM PDT by thegagline

The Manhattan jury hearing evidence in E. Jean Carroll’s federal lawsuit accusing former President Trump of raping her decades ago has reached a verdict.

The nine-person panel — three women and six men — reached the decision Tuesday after three hours of deliberations that began Tuesday May 9 following eight days of trial in Manhattan federal court.

The jurors were tasked with determining if the 45th president is liable for battery in the “Ask E. Jean” advice columnist’s case accusing him of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room, most likely in 1996.

They also needed to determine whether Trump, 76, defamed Carroll when he publicly denied her allegations, claimed he had never met her and accusing her of making up the story for political reasons and to help push her book sales.

If the jury determines Trump is liable, it can award Carroll, 79, whatever compensatory and punitive damages it sees fit.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carroll; defamation; rape; trump
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Trump didn’t appear for the trial
1 posted on 05/09/2023 11:55:32 AM PDT by thegagline
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Trump should never have met Crazy..


2 posted on 05/09/2023 11:57:19 AM PDT by algore
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To: thegagline

3 hours? Not good news for Trump


3 posted on 05/09/2023 11:58:14 AM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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3 hours? Including lunch. And bathroom visits.

Did they even sit down in the room?


4 posted on 05/09/2023 11:58:21 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: thegagline

His lawyer barely appeared. The lawyer seemed to be working towards a judgement against Trump.


5 posted on 05/09/2023 11:58:59 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: thegagline

It’s not a rape case. That is an intentionally misleading MSM take.


6 posted on 05/09/2023 11:59:25 AM PDT by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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To: thegagline

> most likely in 1996 <

What a minute. The accuser is not even sure in what year it happened?
Or is the just more sloppy journalism?


7 posted on 05/09/2023 11:59:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: thegagline

A Kangaroo Court held in Manhattan.

Trump is so screwed.


8 posted on 05/09/2023 11:59:28 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: thegagline

What’s the verdict? Did i miss it in the story? 🤔


9 posted on 05/09/2023 11:59:50 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: thegagline

Article did not say what the verdict was...


10 posted on 05/09/2023 12:00:09 PM PDT by silent majority rising (Peace In Our Time)
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There is no way the LEFT will allow Trump to be President again, no way


11 posted on 05/09/2023 12:00:11 PM PDT by The Louiswu (You cannot free a man from the chains which he reveres.)
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To: thegagline

the jury reached a decision but the story doesn’t say what that decision is...


12 posted on 05/09/2023 12:00:17 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: thegagline

Who needs evidence?

She had a plotline from a TV show that aired on TV.


13 posted on 05/09/2023 12:00:33 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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If she can't specify a specific date and time, then how can President offer up an alibi for a time he hasn't been given?

-PJ

14 posted on 05/09/2023 12:00:57 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: thegagline

This pisses me off. My stomach is in knots and I don’t trust any NY jury.


15 posted on 05/09/2023 12:02:13 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: silent majority rising

they are trying to find a way to spin Donald winning... as somehow being a loss...
if DJT had lost, it would be on every news outlet in the nation.. its not. .. so there... we have our verdict...

He will countersue for court costs.
bully for him... go DJT


16 posted on 05/09/2023 12:02:39 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: Codeflier

It’s not a criminal rape case, I believe the statue of limitation has expired on criminal charges.

It is a civil lawsuit about him possibly raping her, the judge decided even an unwanted kiss could be considered guilty, so the bottom line is that Trump is going to get hit with a judgement. I hope I’m wrong but a jury taking 3 hours to decide this case is not a good omen.


17 posted on 05/09/2023 12:03:14 PM PDT by srmanuel
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“Trump didn’t appear for the trial”

There’s the sign of a man looking to clear his name.


18 posted on 05/09/2023 12:03:35 PM PDT by Callahan ( )
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To: algore

Other than a photo showing him shaking her hand in some receiving line somewhere, there is no evidence he ever did beyond that.


20 posted on 05/09/2023 12:04:21 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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