I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE MEDIA ALWAYS SAYS,
“PORN STAR STORMY DANIELS,”
BUT THEY NEVER SAY “RAPIST DONALD TRUMP.”
CARROLL v. TRUMP (2023)
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
E. Jean CARROLL, Plaintiff, v. Donald J. TRUMP, Defendant.
22-cv-10016 (LAK)
Decided: July 19, 2023
Mr. Trump Digitally and Forcibly Penetrated Ms. Carroll’s Vagina
The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’ Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that…
Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her vagina with his fingers — in other words, that he “raped” her in the sense of that term broader than the New York Penal Law definition…
The trial evidence of the harm to Ms. Carroll as a result of being assaulted and digitally raped supports the jury’s $2 million award as reasonable compensation for her pain and suffering…
the Court’s determination that the jury implicitly found Mr. Trump did in fact digitally rape Ms. Carroll…
Excerpts
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-sd-new-yor/114642632.html
https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Carroll%20II%20DI%2038%20Opinion.pdf