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This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.맥스카지노Kaplan said in a written statement that she hoped her client's case would prove nobody is above the law, 맥스카지노not even the president of the United States.맥스카지노It was unclear what, if any, implications the verdict would have on Trump맥스카지노s third bid for the presidency. He맥스카지노s in a commanding position among GOP contenders and has faced few political consequences in the wake of previous controversies, ranging from the vulgar 맥스카지노Access Hollywood맥스카지노 tape to his criminal indictment in New York.His GOP rivals were largely silent in the immediate aftermath of the verdict, a sign of their reluctance to cross Trump맥스카지노s supporters who are critical to winning the presidential nomination. Former Arkansas Gov. 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He has called her a 맥스카지노nut job맥스카지노 who invented 맥스카지노a fraudulent and false story맥스카지노 to sell a memoir.Carroll, 79, had sought unspecified damages, plus a retraction of what she said were Trump맥스카지노s defamatory denials of her claims.The trial revisited the lightning-rod topic of Trump맥스카지노s conduct toward women.Carroll gave multiple days of frank, occasionally emotional testimony, buttressed by two friends who told jurors she reported the alleged attack to them in the moments and day afterward.Jurors also heard from Jessica Leeds, a former stockbroker who testified that Trump abruptly groped her against her will on an airplane in the 1970s, and from Natasha Stoynoff, a writer who said Trump forcibly kissed her against her will while she was interviewing him for a 2005 article.The six-man, three-woman jury also saw the well-known 2005 맥스카지노Access Hollywood맥스카지노 hot mic recording of Trump talking about kissing and grabbing women without asking.The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll, Leeds and Stoynoff have done.The verdict comes as Trump is facing an accelerating swirl of legal risks.He맥스카지노s fighting a New York criminal case related to hush money payments made to a porn actor. The state attorney general has sued him, his family and his business over alleged financial wrongdoing.Trump is also contending with investigations elsewhere into his possible mishandling of classified documents, his actions after the 2020 election and his activities during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump denies wrongdoing in all of those matters.Carroll, who penned an Elle magazine advice column for 27 years, has also written for magazines and 맥스카지노Saturday Night Live.맥스카지노 She and Trump were in social circles that overlapped at a 1987 party, where a photo documented them and their then-spouses interacting. Trump has said he doesn맥스카지노t remember it.According to Carroll, she ended up in a dressing room with Trump after they ran into each other at Bergdorf Goodman on an unspecified Thursday evening in spring 1996.They took an impromptu jaunt to the lingerie department so he could search for a women맥스카지노s gift, and soon were teasing each other about trying on a skimpy bodysuit, Carroll testified. To her, it seemed like comedy, something like her 1986 맥스카지노Saturday Night Live맥스카지노 sketch in which a man admires himself in a mirror.But then, she said, Trump slammed the door, pinned her against a wall, planted his mouth on hers, yanked her tights down and raped her as she tried to break away. Carroll said she ultimately pushed him off with her knee and immediately left the store.맥스카지노I always think back to why I walked in there to get myself in that situation,맥스카지노 she testified, her voice breaking, 맥스카지노but I맥스카지노m proud to say I did get out.맥스카지노She soon confided in two friends, according to her and them. But she never called police or told anyone else 맥스카지노 or noted it in her diary 맥스카지노 until her memoir was published in 2019.Carroll said she kept silent out of fear that Trump would retaliate, out of shame and out of a sense that other people quietly denigrate rape victims and see them as somewhat responsible for being attacked.Trump weighed in on the case from afar, branding it 맥스카지노a made up SCAM맥스카지노 in a social media post early in the trial. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, unrelated to Roberta Kaplan, called the comments 맥스카지노entirely inappropriate맥스카지노 and warned that the ex-president could cause himself more legal woes if he kept it up.Tacopina told the jury Carroll made up her claims after hearing about a 2012 맥스카지노Law and Order맥스카지노 episode in which a woman is raped in the dressing room of the lingerie section of a Bergdorf Goodman store.Carroll 맥스카지노cannot produce any objective evidence to back up her claim because it didn맥스카지노t happen,맥스카지노 he told jurors. He accused her of 맥스카지노advancing a false claim of rape for money, for political reasons and for status.맥스카지노In questioning Carroll, he sought to cast doubt on her description of fighting off the far heavier Trump without dropping her handbag or ripping her tights, and without anyone around to hear or see them in the upscale retailer맥스카지노s lingerie section.The lawyer pressed her about 맥스카지노 by her own account 맥스카지노 not screaming, looking for help while fleeing the store, or seeking out medical attention, security video or the police.Carroll reproached him.맥스카지노I맥스카지노m telling you he raped me, whether I screamed or not,맥스카지노 she said.There맥스카지노s no possibility of Trump being charged with attacking Carroll, as the legal time limit has long since passed.For similar reasons, she initially filed her civil case as a defamation lawsuit, saying Trump맥스카지노s derogatory denials had subjected her to hatred, shredded her reputation and harmed her career.Then, starting last fall, New York state gave people a chance to sue over sexual assault allegations that would otherwise be too old. 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A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.
The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll맥스카지노s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual assault. But the judgment adds to Trump's legal woes and offers vindication to Carroll, whose allegations had been mocked and dismissed by Trump for years.
She nodded as the verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City just a few hours after , then hugged supporters and smiled through tears. As the courtroom cleared, Carroll could be heard laughing and crying.
Jurors also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll after she made her allegations public. Trump chose not to attend the civil trial and was absent when the verdict was read.
Trump immediately lashed out with a statement on his social media site, claiming again that he does not know Carroll and referring to the verdict as 맥스카지노a disgrace맥스카지노 and 맥스카지노a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time.맥스카지노 He promised to appeal.
Video below: E. Jean Carroll leaves courthouse after verdict
Trump맥스카지노s lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, shook hands with Carroll and hugged her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, after the verdict was announced. Outside the courthouse, he told reporters the jury's decision to rule in Trump's favor on the rape claim, but still find him responsible for sexual assault, was 맥스카지노perplexing맥스카지노 and 맥스카지노strange.맥스카지노
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He defended Trump's absence from the trial, saying he would have entered 맥스카지노a circus atmosphere, and having him be here would be more of a circus.맥스카지노
Tacopina added: 맥스카지노What more can you say other than 맥스카지노I didn맥스카지노t do it.' And he said that on the road.맥스카지노
In a written statement released after she left the courthouse smiling but without speaking, Carroll said she sued Trump to 맥스카지노clear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.맥스카지노
Kaplan said in a written statement that she hoped her client's case would prove nobody is above the law, 맥스카지노not even the president of the United States.맥스카지노
It was unclear what, if any, implications the verdict would have on Trump맥스카지노s third bid for the presidency. He맥스카지노s in a commanding position among GOP contenders and has faced few political consequences in the wake of previous controversies, ranging from the vulgar 맥스카지노Access Hollywood맥스카지노 tape to his criminal indictment in New York.
His GOP rivals were largely silent in the immediate aftermath of the verdict, a sign of their reluctance to cross Trump맥스카지노s supporters who are critical to winning the presidential nomination. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, one of the few vocal Trump critics in the race, said the verdict is 맥스카지노another example of the indefensible behavior of Donald Trump.맥스카지노
was one of more than a dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment. She went public in 2019 with her allegation that the Republican raped her in the dressing room of a posh Manhattan department store.
Video below: Trump's reaction to verdict could expose him to additional liability, legal analyst says
Trump, 76, , saying he never encountered Carroll at the store and did not know her. He has called her a 맥스카지노nut job맥스카지노 who invented 맥스카지노a fraudulent and false story맥스카지노 to sell a memoir.
Carroll, 79, had sought unspecified damages, plus a retraction of what she said were Trump맥스카지노s defamatory denials of her claims.
The trial revisited the lightning-rod topic of Trump맥스카지노s conduct toward women.
buttressed by two friends who told jurors she reported the alleged attack to them in the moments and day afterward.
Jurors also heard from Jessica Leeds, a former stockbroker who testified that Trump abruptly groped her against her will on an airplane in the 1970s, and from Natasha Stoynoff, a writer who said Trump forcibly kissed her against her will while she was interviewing him for a 2005 article.
The six-man, three-woman jury also saw the well-known 2005 맥스카지노Access Hollywood맥스카지노 hot mic recording of Trump talking about kissing and grabbing women without asking.
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll, Leeds and Stoynoff have done.
The verdict comes as Trump is facing an accelerating swirl of legal risks.
He맥스카지노s fighting a New York criminal case related to hush money payments made to a porn actor. The state attorney general has sued him, his family and his business over alleged financial wrongdoing.
Trump is also contending with investigations elsewhere into his possible mishandling of classified documents, his actions after the 2020 election and his activities during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump denies wrongdoing in all of those matters.
Carroll, who penned an Elle magazine advice column for 27 years, has also written for magazines and 맥스카지노Saturday Night Live.맥스카지노 She and Trump were in social circles that overlapped at a 1987 party, where a photo documented them and their then-spouses interacting. Trump has said he doesn맥스카지노t remember it.
According to Carroll, she ended up in a dressing room with Trump after they ran into each other at Bergdorf Goodman on an unspecified Thursday evening in spring 1996.
They took an impromptu jaunt to the lingerie department so he could search for a women맥스카지노s gift, and soon were teasing each other about trying on a skimpy bodysuit, Carroll testified. To her, it seemed like comedy, something like her 1986 맥스카지노Saturday Night Live맥스카지노 sketch in which a man admires himself in a mirror.
But then, she said, Trump slammed the door, pinned her against a wall, planted his mouth on hers, yanked her tights down and raped her as she tried to break away. Carroll said she ultimately pushed him off with her knee and immediately left the store.
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E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York.
She soon confided in two friends, according to her and them. But she never called police or told anyone else 맥스카지노 or noted it in her diary 맥스카지노 until her memoir was published in 2019.
Carroll said she kept silent out of fear that Trump would retaliate, out of shame and out of a sense that other people quietly denigrate rape victims and see them as somewhat responsible for being attacked.
Trump weighed in on the case from afar, branding it 맥스카지노a made up SCAM맥스카지노 in a social media post early in the trial. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, unrelated to Roberta Kaplan, called the comments 맥스카지노entirely inappropriate맥스카지노 and warned that the ex-president could cause himself more legal woes if he kept it up.
Tacopina told the jury Carroll made up her claims after hearing about a 2012 맥스카지노Law and Order맥스카지노 episode in which a woman is raped in the dressing room of the lingerie section of a Bergdorf Goodman store.
Carroll 맥스카지노cannot produce any objective evidence to back up her claim because it didn맥스카지노t happen,맥스카지노 he told jurors. He accused her of 맥스카지노advancing a false claim of rape for money, for political reasons and for status.맥스카지노
In questioning Carroll, he sought to cast doubt on her description of fighting off the far heavier Trump without dropping her handbag or ripping her tights, and without anyone around to hear or see them in the upscale retailer맥스카지노s lingerie section.
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Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump’s lawyer, arrives in Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
The lawyer pressed her about 맥스카지노 by her own account 맥스카지노 not screaming, looking for help while fleeing the store, or seeking out medical attention, security video or the police.
Carroll reproached him.
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There맥스카지노s no possibility of Trump being charged with attacking Carroll, as the legal time limit has long since passed.
For similar reasons, she initially filed her civil case as a defamation lawsuit, saying Trump맥스카지노s derogatory denials had subjected her to hatred, shredded her reputation and harmed her career.
Then, starting last fall, New York state gave people a chance to sue over sexual assault allegations that would otherwise be too old. Carroll was one of the first to file.