Omi-El1
2023-08-09 15:42:46
Judge tosses Trump's counterclaim against Carroll, finding rape claim is 'substantially true'
Trump argued Carroll defamed him by maintaining he'd raped her after a civil jury found him liable for sexually abusing her.
A federal judge dismissed Trump's countersuit against Carroll, who won against Trump for battery and defamation this year.
Trump filed his counterclaims against Carroll in June, alleging she defamed him by continuing to say publicly that he'd raped her even after a jury found him not liable for doing so.
Judge Kaplan noted, the jury did find Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll, the details show that her having maintained that Trump raped her is "substantially true."
Carroll's battery claim alleged that Trump sexually abused her near Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Asked whether Carroll had proven “by a preponderance of the evidence” that “ Trump sexually abused Carroll,” the jury checked the box that said “yes.”
The judge said the rape finding shows the jury believed Trump sexually abused Carroll. The verdict "establishes, as against Trump, the fact that Trump 'raped' her, Thus, it establishes against him the substantial truth of Carroll's 'rape' allegations," Judge Kaplan wrote.
Omi-El1
2023-08-09 15:46:23
“Joe-la-Crapule took me to court in the middle of an election campaign” : Trump accuses his boss
“Joe-la-Crapule took me to court in the middle of an election campaign, that forces me to spend time and money on unrelated things with the campaign”
“I couldn’t go to Iowa today, or to New Hampshire because I would be sitting in a courtroom because of a prosecutor who charged me” he said.