
he was convicted of sexual assault/abuse, which the judges that presided over the case explicitly said is synonymous with rape. NY has a very specific legal definition of rape requiring genital penetration, hence why his conviction was not explicitly rape, but his actions of penetrating her with his fingers is still rape, and the conviction of sexual assault still affirms that, as the judges even affirmed. you are fighting tooth and nail to defend a rapist.
it does not matter if it was civil or criminal, a criminal charge was a legal impossibility due to the statute of limitations passing. He legally cannot be charged with any crime pertaining to that rape, aside from in civil court. at this rate, just admit you don’t give a flying fuck about rape nor its impacts.
I don’t give a fuck what rape is to you, that is not the legal definition, and you don’t even know what rape actually is. if someone came and started fingering you without your permission, and you didn’t like it yet they refused to stop, you wouldn’t have an issue with that? take a fucking step back and look in the mirror. you are fighting tooth and nail to defend a convicted rapist solely because of your political party. This is not normal behavior, and you need to seriously rethink this.
He was found liable for sexual abuse. The reason he was held liable rather than found guilty was due to statutes of limitations, they could not criminally charge him on that bcs the limitations expired . The reason it was sexual abuse rather than rape was because of how New York State law classified rape at the time the crime was committed. It was defined as “penetration of the female member by the male member”.—-