Hope It Was Worth It

[Tecumsehsbones]

Jury in civil trial finds Trump sexually abused, defamed E. Jean Carroll​

Jurors award $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s​

By Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware, and Mark Berman

Published May 9, 2023

NEW YORK — A civil jury in New York found Tuesday that former president Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a writer who has accused him of assaulting her in the mid-1990s.

Jurors deliberated for a little under three hours before siding with Carroll, awarding her a combined $5 million in damages. The verdict was an undeniable victory for Carroll, who testified during the trial that Trump violently assaulted her and, years later, unleashed further trauma by ridiculing her as a liar once she spoke out.

For Trump, the verdict was a striking defeat, the latest legal setback as he seeks another term in the White House and faces a separate criminal case in New York and ongoing investigations in Washington and Fulton County, Ga. Trump, 76, has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault or misconduct over the years, but never before had any of those claims been fully litigated in court and decided by a jury. He assailed the verdict as a “disgrace,” and his representatives said Trump would appeal.

More at link, not that anybody'll read it

 

[Serryah]

Jury in civil trial finds Trump sexually abused, defamed E. Jean Carroll​

Jurors award $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s​

By Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware, and Mark Berman

Published May 9, 2023

NEW YORK — A civil jury in New York found Tuesday that former president Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a writer who has accused him of assaulting her in the mid-1990s.

Jurors deliberated for a little under three hours before siding with Carroll, awarding her a combined $5 million in damages. The verdict was an undeniable victory for Carroll, who testified during the trial that Trump violently assaulted her and, years later, unleashed further trauma by ridiculing her as a liar once she spoke out.

For Trump, the verdict was a striking defeat, the latest legal setback as he seeks another term in the White House and faces a separate criminal case in New York and ongoing investigations in Washington and Fulton County, Ga. Trump, 76, has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault or misconduct over the years, but never before had any of those claims been fully litigated in court and decided by a jury. He assailed the verdict as a “disgrace,” and his representatives said Trump would appeal.

More at link, not that anybody'll read it

I read it.

I also find it interesting that:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110339003169021763

"Waiting for a jury decision on a False Accusation where I, despite being a current political candidate and leading all others in both parties, am not allowed to speak or defend myself,"

Which is of course an outright lie.

Sadly too many people will still believe him. He had time, he had opportunity, he even HINTED at going while in Scotland, but nope, he didn't say a word Sunday to the Judge.

Too bad, not so sad; good that she won (by unanimous agreement which was needed in the case to win).

He says he'll appeal; sure he will.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The significant part is that the jurors were just regular, responsible, reasonable adults examined pretty thoroughly for bias. They listened to all the facts and all the arguments for several days, talked it over at length, and all agreed he did it. That's actually how it's supposed to work.

Which, of course, will not stop the Klown Kollege of Kanada from leaping immediately to the conclusion that it's all a commie-Nazi-Chinese-librul-trans-groomer-Trudeau conspiraCEEEEE, which will be proven beyond doubt by the fact that the trial took place in New York, where everybody knows there's no Real Americans, just commie-Nazi-Chinese-librul-trans-groomer-Trudeaux.

 

[Serryah]

The significant part is that the jurors were just regular, responsible, reasonable adults examined pretty thoroughly for bias. They listened to all the facts and all the arguments for several days, talked it over at length, and all agreed he did it. That's actually how it's supposed to work.

Which, of course, will not stop the Klown Kollege of Kanada from leaping immediately to the conclusion that it's all a commie-Nazi-Chinese-librul-trans-groomer-Trudeau conspiraCEEEEE, which will be proven beyond doubt by the fact that the trial took place in New York, where everybody knows there's no Real Americans, just commie-Nazi-Chinese-librul-trans-groomer-Trudeaux.

True.

I'm actually surprised it took 3 hours; I thought for sure it'd take longer at least. Think that says a lot... about the lack of defence from the defence.

 

[petros]

So no rape as you hoped?