The former US president has been declared by a civil court in New York responsible for sexual assault for acts dating back to 1996 on a former journalist. His lawyers announced on Thursday that he is appealing the verdict.
New twist in the E. Jean Carroll affair. Two days after being found responsible for sexual assault on this journalist by a civil court in New York, Donald Trump will appeal the verdict, announce his lawyers.
The former US president was ordered to pay five million dollars in compensation for sexual assault and defamation.
“This verdict is a disgrace, then denounced Donald Trump in the process. I have absolutely no idea who this woman is.”
“This woman, I don’t know her”
Former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses her of rape in a fitting room of a New York department store, Bergdorf Goodman, in the spring of 1996.
The jury had to decide whether the plaintiff demonstrated that Donald Trump had raped her, sexually assaulted her, or had forced her to touch her without her consent. The former US president, a new candidate for the White House, has been found responsible for sexual assault. The billionaire’s lawyers had said, as soon as the verdict was announced, that they were going to appeal.
On CNN this Wednesday, Donald Trump mocked his accuser for a long time, calling her “crazy”. “This woman, I don’t know her. I’ve never met her. I have no idea who she is,” he repeated.
The former US president did not appear in court during the trial, but the jury was able to view his testimony during the proceedings, a video where he strongly denies the alleged facts.
