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IN an ordeal that lasted only two weeks and with the jury, which decided in less than three hoursAmericans have witnessed the first conviction of former President Donald
IN an ordeal that lasted only two weeks and with the jury, which decided in less than three hoursAmericans have witnessed the first conviction of former President Donald Trump for sexual abuse and slander of writer E. Jean Carrollthe only one that managed to realize the numerous complaints of several more women about inappropriate sexual behavior.
More than 10 women have been accused after a video was posted on Access Hollywood during the 2016 presidential campaign in which Trump bragged about kissing and touching women without their consent.
Thanks to Tuesday’s anonymous jury’s decision, these women, whose complaints Trump has systematically dismissed, will be able to feel they’ve been heard.
The 79-year-old Carroll herself said in a brief written statement that the victory was not only hers:
Today the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not only for me, but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.
“We are grateful to E. Jean Carroll, who will inspire survivors to tell their stories and stand up to their abusers. This case shows that all perpetrators, no matter how powerful, can and will be held accountable,” RAINN, the nation’s largest sexual assault organization, said after the verdict was announced.
The trial has received media attention and has drawn a crowd of reporters, photographers and cameramen since early this morning in front of the federal courthouse in Manhattan where the trial was taking place.
Anticipation sparked by the lawsuit, weakened by the absence of Trump himself, also brought together a handful of protesters who showed posters to the press with messages such as “We Trust Carroll.” “Trump is a predator” or “Lies have consequences.”
Among those who protested was Lori Arbeiter, who said she was “relieved” by the decision of the six men and three women.
“He was found guilty of sexual harassment and defamation charges because Trump lies all the time and is a violent and sexual predator.”
He added that Trump was “not fit for any office, let alone the presidency” and insisted that Carroll was “telling the truth.”
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Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store fitting room in 1996 by pinning her against a wall, and of slandering her when she recounted what happened in a book she published two decades after the event, to which she never didn’t complain. with the police.
Trump, who was president when the book was published in 2019, accused Carroll of lying and that her complaint was only for the sale of the book, in addition to claiming it was not his “type.”
Former magazine columnist El he stood his ground during the trial.
“I’m here because Trump raped me. He lied and ruined my reputation, and I’m trying to get my life back,” he said while giving evidence in a civil case in federal court in Manhattan.
Carroll assured that after the incident with Trump, he had no more sexual relations.
Today, at 10:00 am local time, she entered the courtroom for this final hearing in a cream dress, brown jacket and black heels, accompanied by her lawyers, with whom she spoke before Magistrate Lewis Kaplan entered.
Kaplan reviewed with the jury a form with 10 questions to which they had to answer “yes” or “no” about rape, sexual abuse and slanderas well as the compensation they think should be given to Carroll if his decision is in his favour.
He explained the facts that Carroll accuses Trump of, the New York law that allowed him to file a complaint in that case, although 25 years have passed, the difference between rape and sexual assault, which means defamation; of this, he reminded them that they should make their decision based on the evidence presented in the process, and not on the comments of lawyers, judges or their convictions.
Jurors who left shortly before noon return with verdict guilty of “sexual assault” and defamation, but not rape.
Carroll, 79, walked out of court smiling without comment at the crowd of journalists waiting outside the courthouse. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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