Trump-Carroll Case Gets Clarification By Judge: It Was Rape

Judge Denies Trump's Request for New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Case

A federal judge in New York delivered some bad news to Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday. According to reports, Trump’s request for a new trial regarding the E. Jean Carroll civil suit has been denied. Carroll, a journalist, accused the former president of raping and defaming her. In May, a New York jury didn’t find Trump guilty of rape but did find him guilty of sexual abuse. He was subsequently ordered to pay Carroll $5 million. Included …

Judge Says Trump Raped E. Jean Carroll

Although the jury stopped short of saying Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled today that he did, the Washington Post reports.Wrote Kaplan: "The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean th

Trump-Carroll Case Gets Clarification By Judge: It Was Rape

Analysis | Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll

What the jury found Donald Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was in fact rape, as commonly understood, even if it didn't fit New York law's narrow definition, says Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.