After 3 hours of deliberation, a jury has found the Malignant Loser liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil suit filed by E. Jean Carroll.
Updates to come.
UPDATE: From the NYT --
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday has found former President Donald J. Trump liable for the sexual abuse of the magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in a widely watched civil trial that sought to apply the accountability of the #MeToo era to a dominant political figure.
The federal jury of six men and three women also held Mr. Trump, 76, liable for defaming Ms. Carroll when he posted a statement on his Truth Social website in October, calling her case “a complete con job” and “a Hoax and a lie.”
Although more than a dozen women have accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct over the years, allegations he has always denied, Ms. Carroll’s case is the first such claim to be successfully tested before a jury.
Ms. Carroll has been awarded a total of $5 million in damages, $3 million for her defamation claim and $2 million for her civil battery claim. Count on his dimwitted MAGAts to pony up for the damages.
UPDATE II: More details --
The jury decided that Ms. Carroll proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Trump sexually abused her, and that she was injured by a result of his conduct. The jury decided that $2 million would fairly and adequately compensate her for her injuries.
The jury also decided that Mr. Trump should pay Ms. Carroll $20,000 in punitive damages because his conduct was “willfully or wantonly negligent, reckless, or done with a conscious disregard of the rights of Ms. Carroll, or was so reckless as to amount to such disregard.”
The jury also found that Mr. Trump defamed Ms. Carroll and that she was injured as a result of his October 2022 Truth Social post. They decided that she should be paid $1 million for damages unrelated to a reputation repair program, and $1.7 million for a reputation repair program only.
The jury also found that Mr. Trump “acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, spite, or wanton, reckless, or willful disregard of the rights of another” and that Ms. Carroll should be paid $280,000.
