Donald Trump Found Liable for Sexually Abusing E. Jean Carroll

glamour.com:

, which was held in Manhattan. Writer E. Jean Carroll alleged that the politician raped her in a dressing room in 1996, and that he further defamed her in a social media post last year.

This was not a criminal trial, and resulted in the awarding of damages, not prison time. The standards the jury were asked to reach is different as well.

Per :To prove her defamation claim, the jury must find that Carroll’s legal team proved by the preponderance of the evidence that Trump knew it was false when he published the statement about Carroll last year and knowingly exposed her to public ridicule.

They must also determine that she proved by clear and convincing evidence that the statement was false, and that Trump made the statement with actual malice.