
Alright so just for the sake of accuracy (not to defend Trump, just to be clear about what we oughta be angry about), that first court case is about the SA allegation and defamation while the second one was a verdict on defamation. In the first court case, he was held liable based on a preponderance of evidence, so “more likely than not” as opposed to “without a shadow of a doubt” for SA. And there was no such verdict on SA in that second case, again that ones verdict was on defamation where
He had to pay a much bigger amount than the first trial. That is to the best of my knowledge, happy to be corrected on the facts here. But yeah even with just the one court case you can make a pretty strong argument that he, in fact, a rapist. But he has never been criminally convicted of rape
These are two separate court cases happening in two separate states. Im not 100% clear on the circumstances but I believe the second one I linked where he was found liable was Carroll suing trump for SA and defamation. whereas the second one was Trump suing Carroll for defamation, which he lost, thus the judge made that statement saying basically yes Trump raped her and she was telling the truth and not defaming him
Yeah they are two separate court cases, but they are the same Carrol v Trump litigation in federal court and they both happened in New York. The second case, specifically was about damages and secondary defamation charges; the screenshot you posted has a quote from post-trial discussion, not a verdict. So yes the judge is basically stating Trump raped her. But it is inaccurate to say he was criminally convicted of rape or that he was held liable for SA in two separate cases.
I never said it was criminal.. but no there were two separate court cases one filed in 2019 about defamation and one filed in 2022 adding on sexual assault. But both surrounded the rape of Carroll and their outcomes corroborated her story. Trump attempted to countersue the first case and lost, that was the judge Kaplan one.
I see the confusion now. The 2019 case was only defamation — the jury didn’t decide whether the assault happened, just that Trump’s statements about Carroll were defamatory. That case contextually involved the allegation, but the first time the sexual abuse itself was actually adjudicated was the 2022 civil trial. So it’s fair to say both cases surrounded the same allegation, but only one directly ruled on the SA. I thought we were only talking about the federal cases 2022-2024.