There is no silver lining in being found liable for sexual abuse
<p>Ifanyone was to try to find the bright side in someone being found liable for sexual abuse, it would be an attorney for Donald Trump.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, a New York jury in a civil trial <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-civil-rape-trial-verdict-20230509-kbomb4rb7jc5ti3hnxrf3zfe6y-story.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">found</a> the former president liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.</p>
<p>Carroll first publicly accused Trump of rape in 2019. Trump vehemently denied the allegations during and after his presidency. Just last year, he dismissed Carroll’s claims as “Hoax and a lie.” Carroll then sued him for battery and defamation.</p>
<p>The jury, which had to be by unanimous consent, sided with her in those respective claims, but did not find Trump liable for the alleged rape.</p>
<p>For that, Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1656041304063655955?s=46&t=gCqACB-f3zaeA0N9j9yMLw" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">told</a> reporters after the verdict was announced, “We’re in one sense gratified.”</p>
<p>“Part of me was obviously very happy that Donald Trump was not branded a rapist,” he continued. “I know some people in [Trump’s] camp are very happy that the rape claim was rejected … I’m not happy that he was found liable for anything.”</p>
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