ABC SPECIAL REPORT: Happening now, ABC is reporting on the verdict in the sexual abuse civil trial against former Pres. Donald trump. Watch here:
The jury found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her and awarded damages of $2 million in compensatory damages and $20 thousand in punitive damages for battery.
The jury is considering whether to hold Trump liable for battering Carroll and for defaming her and, if so, whether she deserves to be paid damages.The verdict form requires the jury to answer ten questions, including which degree of battery, if any, on which to hold Trump liable. The jury could find Trump liable for raping E. Jean Carroll, for sexually abusing her or for forcibly touching her.
Before deliberations started, Trump posted on social media "Waiting for a jury decision on a False Accusation where I, despite being a current political candidate and leading all others in both parties, am not allowed to speak or defend myself, even as hard nosed reporters scream questions about this case at me. In the meantime, the other side as a book falsely accusing me of Rape,
In a civil case jurors are allowed to draw a negative inference when a defendant decides not to testify and in closing arguments, Carroll's attorneys faulted Trump for failing to show up for trial.
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