Donald Trump Found Liable In Sexual Assault & Defamation Trial; Ex-POTUS Ordered To Pay $5M In Damages To E. Jean Carroll
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deadline.comA federal jury in Manhattan just found Donald Turmp liable today in the civil battery and defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll.
The writer claimed that that the one-time real estate mogul raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. While not finding Trump guilty of rape, he jury of six men and three women in the civil case did find him guilty of sexual abuse and defamation.
The jury awarded $2 million to Carroll for battery, and $3 million for defamation. The past and present candidate for the White House had repeatedly mocked, attacked and dismissed Carroll’s claims.
The jurors deliberated for just over 2½ hours. That’s just over an hour longer than the jury instruction received from the judge earlier this week.
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