Judging Freedom - Trump rape case Jury reached a Verdict

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

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Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Tuesday, May 9, 2023. It's about 3.30 in the afternoon here on the east coast of the United States. As we expected, the jury in the E. Jean Carroll versus Donald Trump case has returned a verdict and it is not good news for the former president. The jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused Ms. Carroll in the ladies' dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store sometime in the early 90s, and that 30 years later, while president of the United States and in the driveway outside the White House defamed her, and it awarded her $5 million, both for the sexual abuse and for the defamation.

Now, there's a difference between sexual abuse and rape. The jury found that Donald Trump did not rape her. Without getting too graphic, rape requires a full entry into the body. So the jury finds that Donald Trump did not enter her body, but that he touched her private parts and attempted to enter her body. That would be the definition of sexual battery. Battery is an unconsented to touching. Sexual battery is an unconsented to touching of the sexual parts without full penetration. Rape, of course, is full penetration. More details as we get it, more of a breakdown as we get it. We don't even have the breakdown of the numbers, although it appears that it's $3 million for the sexual battery

and $2 million for the defamation for a total of $5 million. The jury found that Donald Trump acted with malice with an intent to harm her when he made his statements while President of the United States. The courts have already ruled that those statements are not protected as presidential statements ordinarily are from liability and damages because they were not part of his job. So to repeat, Donald Trump found liable for sexual battery and defamation, found not liable for rape, essentially that the rape did not occur, but that he touched her private parts inside her clothing, actually touched them, his hands touching her private parts, his private parts touching her private parts,

but no penetration. I'll be back in a few minutes with more on this and with more of your hot topics for the day. Judge Napolitano, more as we get it. Judge Napolitano for judging freedom.