The jury of the Federal Court of New York declared this Tuesday former president Donald Trump guilty of sexual abuse against the journalist E. Jean Carroll, reason for which he must pay 5 million dollars for damages caused.
According to the complaint filed, Trump sexually abused Carroll in a fitting room at a luxury department store in Manhattan in 1996.
In 2019, Carroll dared to publicly tell what happened in a book, however, he did not achieve what was expected and in October 2022 Trump described on his social network, TruthSocial, the accusations as a "scam".
Today, the jury found that Trump defamed Carroll in that post.
In record time, a jury made up of nine members, three women and six men, presented the verdict, in which, although they rejected the accusation of rape presented by Carroll, they determined that there was indeed sexual abuse.
Because this is a civil trial and not a criminal one, Trump has not been convicted of any crimes and does not face any jail time. However, he will have to pay the compensation of five million dollars.
Carroll is not the first woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct, but she is the only one who has come to trial at a difficult time for the re-election candidate, as he faces various processes, prosecutors and politicians.
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