💰🏛️ Jury Say Trump Stay Liable fo’ Sexual Abuse an’ Defamation Kine 😲

Jury wen find ex-President Donald J. Trump fo’ be responsible fo’ da sexual abuse an’ defamation kine against E. Jean Carroll, an’ da guy gotta pay her $5 million. Get mo’ than one dozen wahines wen point fingah at Trump fo’ da sexual misconduct kine, but dis case stay da ony one dat wen pass one jury test. 🧐🏛️📚

Da federal jury, made up of six men an’ three wahines, wen find dat Ms. Carroll, 79, one former magazine writah, wen get choke proof dat Trump wen sexually abuse her ’bout 30 years ago inside one dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. But da jury nevah find dat he wen rape her, like how she wen say all dis time. 😞💔👗

Da jury wen find dat Trump, who stay try fo’ come back as president, wen talk stink about Ms. Carroll in October wen he wen post one statement on his Truth Social platform, calling her case “one big con job” an’ “one hoax an’ one lie.” His lawyah say he goin’ fight back. 💻📝🗣️

Trump’s lawyers nevah call any witnesses, an’ da guy nevah show up at da trial fo’ hear Ms. Carroll, who wen sue him las’ year, talk about da attack dat she say wen end her love life fo’ good. 🤐🚫❤️

On da day da verdict wen come out, Ms. Carroll wen nod her head when da court clerk wen read da verdict loud, her nod wen get mo’ big wen da clerk say Trump stay liable fo’ defamation. She wen leave da courthouse wit one big smile, holding hands wit her lawyah, Roberta A. Kaplan. One wahine wen shout to Ms. Carroll, “You stay so brave an’ beautiful.” Ms. Carroll wen say back, “Mahalo, mahalo plenny.” 🌟👩‍⚖️✊

Latah on, she wen say: “I wen file dis lawsuit against Donald Trump fo’ clear my name an’ get my life back. Today, da world finally know da trut’. Dis victory not ony fo’ me but fo’ every wahine who wen suffah ’cause nobody wen believe her.” 🌏💪🏼👩

Fo’ choke years, Mr. Trump wen enjoy showin’ off like one guy dat all da wahines no can resist, makin’ tabloid headlines like “Da Bes’ Sex I Eva Had,” showin’ up in da intro of one 1999 Playboy magazine centerfold video, an’ braggin’ in one video ’bout how, as one celebrity, he can grab wahines by da genitals an’ no get in trouble. But now da jury wen call him not one playboy, but one abuser. 😒🚫💔

Da jury wen come to da unanimous verdict aftah jus’ undah tree hours of tinkin’ ’bout it. Dis stay one civil kine case, not one criminal kine, so dat means Trump nevah get convicted of any crime an’ no need fo’ go jail. ⚖️🚫🚓

Aftah da verdict, Trump wen keep saying on his Truth Social dat he no even know who Ms. Carroll is: “I get no clue who dis wahine stay. Dis verdict stay one disgrace — one continuation of da bigges’ witch hunt of all time!” 🧹🕵️‍♂️😠

His lawyah Joseph Tacopina wen say outside da courthouse dat dey goin’ appeal da case. He also wen stand up fo’ Trump not being dea inside da courtroom an’ fo’ not testifying fo’ defend himself. 🏛️🗣️👨‍⚖️

“Dis stay one circus kine atmosphere, an’ fo’ him be hea, would be even mo’ circus kine,” Mr. Tacopina wen say. 🎪🤹‍♂️🎭

He wen point out dat Trump wen say he nevah do anyting to Ms. Carroll in one video testimony dat her lawyers wen show da jury. He also wen say dat Ms. Carroll’s lawyers nevah shoulda been let fo’ play da “Access Hollywood” recording fo’ da jury, wea Trump stay caught bragging ’bout grabbing wahines by da genitals in one pilau way. 📼🚫😡

Da judge wen explain to da jury on Tuesday dat dey get tree choices fo’ find Trump liable fo’ battery, meaning assault on Ms. Carroll: dat he wen rape her, sexually abuse her, or forcibly touch her. If all da jury members wen agree, dat would mean Ms. Carroll wen prove dat was mo’ likely than not dat he wen do one bad kine ting, da judge wen explain. ⚖️🤔💬

In one criminal case, wen da jurors stay asked fo’ say if get guilt, dey get fo’ meet da way mo’ high standard of beyond a reasonable doubt. 🚨🚔⚠️

No stay clear why da jurors wen pick da less bad kine abuse ova rape. Sexual abuse stay defined in New York as forcing somebody fo’ do sexual kine contact without dea permission. Rape stay defined undah state law as sexual intercourse without permission dat get any kine penetration of da penis in da vaginal opening. 📝📚🔍

During da trial, Ms. Carroll, one former advice columnist fo’ Elle magazine who stay well known in Manhattan media circles, wen testify dat da attack wen happen aftah one random kine meet up one night at Bergdorf’s, one high maka maka department store on Fifth Avenue. Mr. Trump, she wen say, wen ask her fo’ help him buy one present fo’ one wahine friend. 🎁🛍️👩

Dey wen end up in da lingerie section, wea he wen motion her ova to one dressing room, wen shut da door, an’ wen start fo’ attack her. He wen shove her against da wall an’, using his body fo’ hold her down, he wen pull down her tights an’ force his fingahs inside her vagina an’ den, she wen say, his penis. 😢👖🚫

She wen fight back, stomp wit her heels an’ use her knee fo’ push Trump off her, an’ den she wen run away from da store. Otha dan tellin’ two friends, she wen keep da whole ting secret fo’ ova 20 years until she wen write ’bout it in one 2019 book excerpt in New York magazine. 📖🗞️🙊

Ms. Carroll an’ 10 otha witnesses dat wen talk fo’ her side wen testify during da two-week trial. Da witnesses include her friends — Lisa Birnbach, one journalist an
‘ author, an’ Carol Martin, one former TV anchor — dat she wen confide in right aftah da attack, telling dem wat Mr. Trump wen do to her. Two oddah wahines wen testify dat Mr. Trump wen sexually assault dem long time ago in ways dat stay similar to how Ms. Carroll wen describe being attacked. 😔👩‍💼📰

Ms. Carroll could bring her lawsuit aftah New York State last year wen pass one new law dat wen give adult sexual abuse victims one one-year window fo’ sue da people dey say wen abuse dem, even if da criminal statute of limitations wen already pau. ⏳📆⚖️

“Fo’ way too long, survivors of sexual assault wen face one wall of doubt an’ intimidation,” her lawyah, Ms. Kaplan, wen say aftah da verdict. “We hope an’ believe dat today’s verdict goin’ be one important step fo’ break down dat wall.” 💪🏽🙏🏽🌟

While Mr. Trump wen dodge da trial, he wen attack Ms. Carroll from outside da courtroom during da proceeding, first on Truth Social an’ den last week in one interview from one golf course in Ireland, wea he wen suggest he goin’ come back to New York fo’ testify in his own defense. In da end, he nevah did. 🇮🇪🏌️‍♂️💼

In his closing argument, Mr. Tacopina wen say dat get no need fo’ Mr. Trump fo’ show up, cuz da incident at Bergdorf’s nevah happen. He wen say dat he wen present his client’s defense by cross-examining Ms. Carroll an’ her witnesses. 🙅‍♂️🗣️👩‍⚖️

“If something stay completely made up,” Mr. Tacopina wen tell da jury, “da only way fo’ defend yo’self against dat kine accusation stay by challenging da people who wen make ’em up an’ da story itself.” 🤨🕵️‍♂️📖

During da cross-examination, one area he wen focus on stay Ms. Carroll’s testimony dat she nevah scream during da assault. 🚫😱💔

“I’m not one screamah,” she wen say, an’ wen add dat she stay in too much panic. “I wen fight,” she wen say. “You no can scold me fo’ not screaming.” 🤐🥊💥

Mr. Tacopina wen reply: “I’m not scolding you. I’m asking you questions, Ms. Carroll.” 🗯️🤔🎙️

“No,” Ms. Carroll wen interject. She wen say dat one of da reasons wahines no come forward “stay cuz dey always get asked why dey nevah scream. Some wahines scream. Some wahines no. It keeps wahines silent.” 😞🤐🔇

Ms. Carroll, her voice wen rise while she wen testify, wen say, “I’m telling you, he raped me, wheddah I wen scream or not.” 😠🗯️🌩️

Da verdict come wen Mr. Trump get plenny legal problems. In April, he wen plead not guilty to New York fraud charges about hush money paid to one porn star, an’ he stay facing one civil fraud lawsuit from New York’s attorney general. Mr. Trump also stay undah investigation in Georgia ova trying fo’ mess wit da 2020 election, an’ one federal special counsel stay checking out da discovery of sensitive documents at Mar-a-Lago, plus his role in da events leading up to da Jan. 6, 2021, assault on da Capitol. Mr. Trump wen deny any wrongdoing in all da cases, an’ wen argue dat da lawsuits an’ investigations stay jus’ fo’ drag him down. 😡📜🏛️

During her testimony, Ms. Carroll wen get asked by anoddah of her lawyahs, Michael J. Ferrara, if she stay glad she wen talk public ’bout wat Mr. Trump wen do to her or if she regret doing so. 🎤🤷‍♀️😔

“I wen regret dis ’bout one hundred times, but in da end — in da end, being able fo’ get my day in court finally stay everything to me,” she wen say. “I’m glad dat I wen get chance fo’ tell my story in court.” 🙌💬🏛️

Nate Schweber, Hurubie Meko, an’ Maggie Haberman wen help report. 📝📰🌈

So das da scoop on da case, where da jury wen find Trump fo’ sexually abuse an’ defame E. Jean Carroll. Da case wen show da strength of wahines fighting fo’ justice, even aftah all dis time. Stay strong, wahines, an’ nevah give up! 💪👩🌟

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NOW IN ENGLISH

The jury has found that Donald Trump is responsible for sexual abuse and defamation charges. 💰🏛️ 😲

A jury found former President Donald J. Trump to be responsible for the sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, and he must pay her $5 million. Over a dozen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, but this case is the only one that has gone through a jury trial. 🧐🏛️📚

The federal jury, comprised of six men and three women, found that Ms. Carroll, 79, a former magazine writer, provided sufficient proof that Trump sexually abused her about 30 years ago in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. However, the jury did not find that he raped her, as she has claimed all this time. 😞💔👗

The jury found that Trump, who is attempting a political comeback, defamed Ms. Carroll in October when he posted a statement on his Truth Social platform, calling her case “a big con job” and “a hoax and a lie.” His lawyer said he will appeal. 💻📝🗣️

Trump’s lawyers did not call any witnesses, and he did not attend the trial to hear Ms. Carroll, who sued him last year, speak about the attack she says ended her love life for good. 🤐🚫❤️

On the day the verdict was announced, Ms. Carroll nodded her head as the court clerk read the verdict aloud; her nod became more pronounced when the clerk said Trump was liable for defamation. She left the courthouse with a big smile, holding hands with her lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan. A woman shouted to Ms. Carroll, “You are so brave and beautiful.” Ms. Carroll replied, “Thank you, thank you so much.” 🌟👩‍⚖️✊

Later on, she said: “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not only for me but for every woman who has suffered because no one believed her.” 🌏💪👩

For years, Mr. Trump has reveled in his playboy image, making tabloid headlines like “The Best Sex I Ever Had,” appearing in the introduction of a 1999 Playboy magazine centerfold video, and bragging in a video about how, as a celebrity, he can grab women by the genitals and not face consequences. But now the jury has labeled him not as a playboy, but as an abuser. 😒🚫💔

The jury reached a unanimous verdict after just under three hours of deliberation. This is a civil case, not a criminal one, which means Trump has not been convicted of a crime and does not need to go to jail. ⚖️🚫🚓

After the verdict, Trump continued to claim on his Truth Social platform that he does not even know who Ms. Carroll is: “I have no clue who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace – a continuation of the biggest witch hunt of all time!” 🧹🕵️‍♂️😠

His lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, said outside the courthouse that they will appeal the case. He also defended Trump’s absence from the courtroom and his decision not to testify in his own defense. 🏛️🗣️👨‍⚖️

“This is a circus-like atmosphere, and for him to be here would make it even more circus-like,” Mr. Tacopina said. 🎪🤹‍♂️🎭

He pointed out that Trump denied doing anything to Ms. Carroll in a video testimony that jury during the trial. “Mr. Trump has already testified, under oath, on camera. There’s nothing else he can say.” 🎥📜🚫

The outcome of this case may encourage other women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct to pursue legal action against him. While this is a significant victory for Ms. Carroll and others who have faced similar experiences, it remains to be seen how this verdict will impact Trump’s future political ambitions. 🏛️👩‍⚖️🤔

In the meantime, Ms. Carroll is celebrating her victory as a powerful statement for all survivors of sexual abuse and harassment, demonstrating that even the most powerful figures can be held accountable for their actions. 🎉💪✨