Breaking: A jury in a civil trial has found that former US president Donald Trump sexually assaulted and defamed prominent New York author E Jean Carroll
A US jury has found that Donald Trump sexually assaulted but did not rape a prominent New York author and then defamed her when she went public with the attack.
The finding, by a civil jury of six men and three women, is a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement that was set in motion by the sexual predation of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen,” Carroll had testified to the jury.Carroll’s legal team had called 10 other witnesses, including two women who claim they had also been attacked by Trump, two friends who claim that Carroll told them about the rape soon after it happened.
“When you’re a star, they let you do it,” he said, unaware that there was a hot mic. “Grab ’em by the p---y. You can do anything.” Kaplan had used these inconsistencies - along with the testimonies of the other witnesses - to mount her case that Trump had a “modus operandi”: to flirt with women “in a friendly way”, kiss or group them without their consent, and then disparage them when they went public.
Until recently, the statute of limitations for civil claims by sexual assault survivors in New York was generally three years. However, in 2021, the state passed the Adult Survivors Act, which created a one-year window – from November 24, 2022, to November 24, 2023 – in which the statute of limitations was lifted, allowing people to make claims.
“The sheer ubiquity of someone who is famous, powerful and super rich makes it almost impossible to move on.”
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