a department store around 1996. he is likely to appeal, but this is certainly a victory for e. jean carroll. and jean casarez, president trump s lawyer trying to make a big deal out of the fact that the jury did the not find him liable for rape, but this is a big verdict for e. jean carroll. $5 million, donald trump found liable for defamation and battery. it is very interesting. it s definitely a victory for the plaintiffs. no question about it for e. jean carroll. she got justice today this was a trial where she testified for hours and she testified with great detail of how he raped her. she went through every single bit of how she did it and then went immediately to her friends. she told them exactly what happened. both of those friends who testified told her in 197, he raped you. and the jury did not believe more like ly than not because that s your standard legally, that he did rape her. they went to the second loo n line, which would be sexual abuse. it would be fas
for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious case in new york city, just last month the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to ad
For you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious
Bad evidence. if you remember from the cosby trial, that was a criminal context. it was a lot about how and who could testify about things that were alleged to have happened that were not charged outside of the context of these specific allegations. it was more than one person who was allowed to testify, as you just interviewed as well about this very notion. so the idea of whether that was unduly prejudice shl is going to be the real quest of an appeal in this matter. he s alluded to possibly looking at the jury pool being tainted. if there s some basis under the principles to suggest that they did not have an unbiassed jury or reason to believe they were biassed, that would be the right ground. but other than that, not much to stand on. so i think it s fair to say that e. jean carroll s case was not a slam dunk. she deny know the year it took place.
Sexually abused her, it just goes to show that there is a disconnect between what i believe he may have understood this trial to be about and what he was accused of having done and what he s required to do from here out. early, obviously, this is a horrible day for donald trump. i guess, one of the questions i have is, if you had been his attorney, would you have told him, please go on the stand, please testify, and please express, if not contrition, police say, i would never do such a thing? wouldn t that be what somebody would tell a client to do? that will be exactly what i would tell donald trump before his deposition, jake, ideally. i think that s absolutely the best defense. you just deny this, you can deny this respectfully, you poke holes in e. jean carroll s testimony, and you let it rest with the jury. instead, at that deposition, donald trump absolutely did