former President Donald Trump found liable for sexual assault in New York civil court

Former United States Republican President Donald Trump was found liable for sexual assault on Tuesday (May 9) by a New York civil court which was to determine whether he had committed a rape in 1996 of a former journalist, who accused him of sexual assault. also accused of defamation.

The nine jurors ruled that Donald Trump was not responsible for a rape, as accused by former press columnist E. Jean Carroll. But Manhattan Federal Civil Court ordered the former head of state to pay five million dollars in damages for this sexual assault in a New York department store in 1996 and for defamation from the revelation of the facts by the former journalist in 2019.

A “shameful verdict”, reacts Donald Trump

While there are no eyewitnesses who saw Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll more than 25 years ago on the shelves of the store – deserted, according to the complainant – two close friends of the journalist confirmed in court that ‘ she had confided to them, shortly after the facts reported, to have been “attacked” Or “attacked” by businessman.

Two other women, among those who have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault in the past, also gave their testimony before the jury. According to the victim’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, the former American president would have acted each time according to the same “MOC”, the one he himself describes in a video that has become famous, where we hear him in 2005 boasting of kissing and touching women at will.

The person concerned immediately denounced a “shameful verdict”. The former American president repeated that he did not know his accuser. “I have absolutely no idea who this woman is”he assured on his Truth Social network.