OK, technically, he was found “liable for battery and defamation”; effectively, though, it was rape.
“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,’ ” Kaplan wrote.
He added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”
Kaplan said New York’s legal definition of “rape” is “far narrower” than the word is understood in “common modern parlance.”
The former requires forcible, unconsented-to penetration with one’s penis. But he said that the conduct the jury effectively found Trump liable for — forced digital penetration — meets a more common definition of rape. He cited definitions offered by the American Psychological Association and the Justice Department, which in 2012 expanded its definition of rape to include penetration “with any body part or object.”
And in a civil trial you simply need to show that he was more likely than not to have done it. A criminal trial has a higher standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt”.
Just to be clear here, Trump didn’t rape the porn star Stormy Daniels. He raped E. Jean Carroll. The hush money he sent to Stormy Daniels was to keep her quiet about the consensual extramarital affair he had with her.
The comment you were replying to was clarifying to someone else that the person Trump paid hush money to (Stormy Daniels) was not the person who was alleging rape (E. Jean Carroll). Your reply that E. Jean Carroll did in fact allege rape made me think you were also conflating Carroll with Daniels. If I misunderstood the intent of your reply, I apologize.
… Neither is Trump? He was convicted of fraud.
He lost the rape case, but it was a civil case so well done. We’re all impressed with your pedantry.
“truth matters”?
Also the standard for a civil case is “preponderance of the evidence” rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt” so it’s more than just pedentry.
Cool
Sorry. I mean “RAAAAWR TRUMP BAD HE DID RAPE AND IS CONVICTED OF BEING BAD”
Back to your circle jerk.
https://youtu.be/LJEWarG671c?t=63
OK, technically, he was found “liable for battery and defamation”; effectively, though, it was rape.
And in a civil trial you simply need to show that he was more likely than not to have done it. A criminal trial has a higher standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt”.
It’s not just word games.
Ok let me fix it for you: “What’s the difference between Trump and a disgusting sandwich full of shit? The sandwich isn’t a rapist.”
Happy now? Convicted or not, he is a rapist, and was best friend with the most notorious pedo of the past 50 years, so 98.7% chance he is a pedophile.
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Just to be clear here, Trump didn’t rape the porn star Stormy Daniels. He raped E. Jean Carroll. The hush money he sent to Stormy Daniels was to keep her quiet about the consensual extramarital affair he had with her.
She hasn’t alleged rape? Do liberals just make things up like they claim magats do? Surely “both sides” don’t just make up stuff?
He fingered her without consent. Just because the dumbass state of New York doesn’t legally consider that rape doesn’t mean it isn’t rape.
Did you just call E. Jean Carrol a porn star?
E. Jean Carroll sued Trump in civil court for rape, and won.
E. Jean Carroll is not the porn star who Trump sent hush money to.
GOOD point. That means it doesn’t count!
(Yeah no shit. I never said she was…)
The comment you were replying to was clarifying to someone else that the person Trump paid hush money to (Stormy Daniels) was not the person who was alleging rape (E. Jean Carroll). Your reply that E. Jean Carroll did in fact allege rape made me think you were also conflating Carroll with Daniels. If I misunderstood the intent of your reply, I apologize.
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I like that “liberal” was the offensive part of that rather than “you make shit up”.
you are, however, a diseased cunt.