The jury found that the former US president sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll and that he defamed her when she publicly denounced the assault.
The ex-chairman donald trump He has been found guilty of “sexual assault” and defamation, but not assault, in the case arising from the writer’s complaints E. Jean Carroll.
This is evident from the verdict that the New York jury that heard his case reached in record time.
Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the fitting room of a New York department store in the mid-1990s, as well as defaming her when she decided to make her complaint public in a book she published in 2019.
In addition, the jury has determined that Donald Trump must reimburse Carroll approximately $ 5 million. Two of them for the damage caused and 2.7 million for what has to do with his reputation. Despite this, there are no associated prison sentences.
That’s why Donald Trump has been convicted for the first time since he left the presidency of the United States.
“Shame”
The former US president called the jury’s convicting verdict “shameful” and claims not to know the victim. “I have no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace, the continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time,” Donald Trump said through his social networks.
Given the verdict, Trump’s campaign has announced its intention to appeal the verdict.
Along with this post, the team also took the opportunity to resume the election arguments that led to a debacle for Trump: “We have allowed false and completely fabricated complaints from deranged people to disrupt our elections and wreak havoc. “
Source: EITB
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