U.S. court finds Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse, defamation, ordered to pay Journalist Jean Carroll $5 million.
By Naomisophysblog
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found former President Donald J. Trump liable for the sexual abuse and defamation of the magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in a New York department store changing room 27 years ago.
Carroll was awarded her $5 million in damages in a widely watched civil trial that sought to apply the accountability of the #MeToo era to a dominant political figure.
According to the Guardian,the verdict for the first time legally brands a former US president as a sexual predator. But as it is the result of a civil not criminal case, the only legal sanction Trump will face is financial.
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In explaining a finding of sexual abuse to the jury, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the judge said it had two charges. That Trump subjected Carroll to sexual contact without consent by use of force, and that it was for the purpose of sexual gratification.
