Former President Donald Trump has been found liable for for battery and defamation involving a 1996 sexual assault. The civil suit was brought by E Jean Carroll in November after Trump posted that her claims of assault were a lie. The jury, that deliberated for 3 hours, awarded $5 million in total damages.
Trump was found not liable for rape.
#BREAKING: A jury on Tuesday rejected E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim against former President Donald Trump, but found him liable for battery in connection to the alleged 1996 attack: https://t.co/g6UnABw3gB
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) May 9, 2023
JUST IN: A jury has found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the. E. Jean Carroll civil trial, awarding her $5 million total in damages. https://t.co/YkPSwLUOgu
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) May 9, 2023
🚨 Trump reacts to the E. Jean Carroll verdict pic.twitter.com/sJE3HB4wgW
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 9, 2023
JUST IN: A jury has found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the. E. Jean Carroll civil trial, awarding her $5 million total in damages. https://t.co/YkPSwLUOgu
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) May 9, 2023
