there s a verdict. the jury in donald trump s civil rape case deliberated for just about three hours. the judge announced he will read the verdict at 3:00 p.m. it is 3:00 p.m. the lawyers are in the room. the judge is in the room. the jury is in the room. so any moment now we will hear from they decided. six men and three women were charged with that deciding. one, did donald trump rape carroll and did he defame her when he said she was lying. if so, how much money does carroll deserve to be fairly and adequately compensated for her injuries? in closing arguments, her attorney told the jury donald trump didn t show up because he knew he did it. trump s attorney said trump didn t testify because there was nothing to testify to. he said the whole story was an unbelievable work of fiction. kaplin said carroll was exactly donald trump s type and she played the video deposition where trump mistook carroll for his ex-wife, marla maples. he said she couldn t give a date to when the
he defamed her by denying it happened. this is moments away. we will bring it to you live here and stay with it throughout this hour. national correspondent bryan llenas is standing by at the courthouse while we wait for the news that the jurors are about to present this verdict. hi, brian. yes, i m here in new york. we have our producers at the courthouse. we re waiting now what the verdict is. it said that they would be announcing it at 3:00. we re looking to see as soon as we get the verdict what it is. in this case we need to step back here, this is a civil federal case, which means that all nine jurors must come to a unanimous decision on whether or not they believe former president trump committed assault, a battery and whether or not he defamed e. jean carroll. the burden of proof here is lower than a criminal case. you must proved beyond a reasonable doubt in this case. the only thing they have to do is convince the jury that e. jean carroll said the events more tha
penetrated by his penis but couldn t say for sure in part because she couldn t see it. so that uncertainty may have been part of what motivated the jury s verdict on the rape count. that notwithstanding, she was to ambiguous at the sexual abuse and the corroborating evidence that ron pointed to. not only that she calledly sa from the sidewalk, talked to carol martin two days later, but the testimony of jessica and natasha, whose own experiences with donald trump not only echoed carroll s, but were basically a you know, come to life version of the donald trump playbook and access hollywood tape. i think that s partially what helped get this jury over the line on the sexual abuse count. all right. you re talking about jessica, natasha. jessica i believe said donald
attracted to her. you can imagine where that might not go over she s coming out now. let s see if she stops at the microphones. here s e. jean carroll. she s with her attorneys as she walks out of the courtroom. they went by the microphones. no comment from them at this point. we ll see if somebody catches up with her. clearly she feels vindicated and happy at least most of the charges that she brought forward here she s now going to received $5 million on, jonathan, as we watch this live. yeah. she s obviously has a reason to feel vindicated. the jury made a split decision by rejecting the rape count. you can almost see the logic of the jury on this jury form. they didn t feel they had enough to find that more serious claim. but they were allowed to have negative inferences against donald trump because he didn t
weinstein as you suggest is he is going to trial september 9 on two counts. rape count and a sexual assault count. so, he is probably thinking to himself yeah, nice to get the civil stuff off the docket. but mainly he is worried about going to prison for years. he has a new dream team. josé baez who was involved in the aaron hern dez case and aaron hernandez case and the casey anthony case. he is rolling the dice. jason: he may not have a choice. when you get insurance company to make the payout, he had a bizarre contract if you recall. but emily, as you look at the case from afar, granted you haven t been through all the case files but if you look at it from afar, harvey weinstein facing the allegations, it s tough to prove these. are they not? how serious is his jeopardy as he goes into this trial in september? i think he is actually in incredibly jeopardy here given the final and the overwhelming