Jury finds Donald Trump did sexually abuse E. Jean Carroll, awards her $5M in total damages
SITTING THERE. >> WE’LL GET BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO GET TO OUR KELLY EVANS WHO HAS BREAKING NEWS. A VERDICT HAS BEEN REACHED IN THE CASE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. KELLY? >> HI, SCOTT HI, EVERYBODY. THE JUST JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THE RAPE AND DEFAMATION TRIAL BY E. JEAN CARROLL AGAINST TRUMP, AND HERE ARE THEIR FIENDINGS, THAT DONAL TRUMP DID NOT RAPE E. JEAN CARROLL. THEY FOUND THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ABUSED CARROLL, AND THERE ARE FINANCIAL REWARDS. THEY REWARD HER WITH $2 MILLION AND $20,000 IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR THAT
BATTERY CLAIM THEY ALSO FIND THAT TRUMP DEFAMED CARROLL IN OCTOBER, 2022 WHEN HE CALLED HER ALLEGATIONS A CON JOB, AND THAT ARE THEY AWARD CARROLL $2.7 MILLION IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES FOR THE DEFAMATION THE U.S. JURY IN THIS CASE FINDING DONALD TRUMP DID NOT RAPE E. JEAN CARROLL, BUT THAT HE DID SEXUALLY ABUSE HER. $2 MILLION IN DAMAGES FOR THAT, $20,000 IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THEY FOUND HE DEFAMED CARROLL. ABOUT $5 MILLION
