2023-05-09 19:38:56
Trump is found guilty of sexual assault
Former United States President Donald Trump is to pay $5 million in damages for “sexual assault” on former journalist E. Jean Carroll.
Drawing during the trial in New York.
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Former United States 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. 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 Ms. Carroll’s revelation of the facts. in 2019.
“This verdict is a disgrace”
Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced a “shameful verdict” after being found responsible for sexual assault by a civil court in New York.
The former US president repeated that he did not know his accuser, former press columnist E. Jean Carroll. “I have absolutely no idea who this woman is,” he said on his Truth Social network.
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