2023-05-09 18:23:58
Former US President Donald Trump was found liable for ‘sexual assault’ on Tuesday by a New York civil court set to determine whether he committed a 1996 rape of a former journalist, who also accused him of defamation, according to media.
The nine jurors determined that Mr. Trump was not responsible for a “rape” as accused by former newspaper columnist E. Jean Carroll, reported American media, including the New York Times and CNN.
Journalist E. Jean Carroll at the civil trial against former President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on May 09, 2023 in New York City.
Manhattan federal civil court also ruled that Mr. Trump should pay some $5 million in damages for that sexual assault in a New York department store in 1996 and for defamation from the revelation of the facts by Mr.me Carroll in 2019.
The former US president reacted quickly on his Truth Social social network, repeating that he did not know Ms. Carroll.
“This verdict is a disgrace. This is truly an extension of the greatest witch hunt of all time,” he wrote.
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