BreakingNews Jury rejects E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim against Donald Trump, but finds him liable for battery in 1996 attack
The jury found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her and awarded damages of $2 million in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages for battery.
Deliberations began Tuesday in former President Trump's defamation and battery trial that's based on a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who alleged Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s and defamed her in an October 12, 2022 social media post that called her claim a "complete con job."
"Each of you must decide for yourself the answers to the questions I put to you," Judge Lewis Kaplan said. "Your answers to each question are to be unanimous." Early in the trial the judge had admonished the defense over Trump's social media posts about Carroll and her allegations. Kaplan did not address this most recent post but previously indicated that if Trump wanted to speak about the case he should testify under oath.
Defense attorney Joe Tacopina said there was no reason for Trump to appear because Carroll's story was "completely made up" and lacked credibility because she could not pinpoint when the alleged rape occurred.
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