by Curt_Anderson on April 13, 2024 5:59 pm
"Liable for rape? I think you are the liar." ---HtS
HtS,
Are you really going to argue that the jury found Trump liable of "only" sexual assault and not rape in the narrow, technical definition of rape in the New York penal code?
Breaking down the verdict as jury finds Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation
A New York jury found former President Trump liable for sexually abusing columnist E. Jean Carroll in the mid-90s and later defaming her.
Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
The jury's unanimous verdict in Carroll II was almost entirely in favor of Ms. Carroll. The only point on which Ms. Carroll did not prevail was whether she had proved that Mr. Trump had “raped” her within the narrow, technical meaning of a particular section of the New York Penal Law – a section that provides that the label “rape” as used in criminal prosecutions in New York applies only to vaginal penetration by a penis. Forcible, unconsented-to penetration of the vagina or of other bodily orifices by fingers, other body parts, or other articles or materials is not called “rape” under the New York Penal Law. It instead is labeled “sexual abuse.”1
As is shown in the following notes, the definition of rape in the New York Penal Law is far narrower than the meaning of “rape” in common modern parlance, its definition in some dictionaries,2 in some federal and state criminal statutes,3 and elsewhere.4 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.
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by HatetheSwamp on April 14, 2024 3:36 am
Curt,
Nuthin about that was legitimate. And, Trump was not found liable for rape.
Period.
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