9 Jul 2026 9:15 am
Kaplan also flatly rejected the Trump team’s suggestion that the conduct Trump was found liable for might have been as limited as groping of the breasts.Huey » 09 Jul 2026, 7:58 am » wrote: ↑ I thought YOU said the jury concluded he raped her. Well, looks like that's over.
The reason? Trump was not accused of that, so the only alleged offense that would have qualified as “sexual abuse” was forced digital penetration. Beyond that, Trump was accused of putting his mouth on Carroll’s mouth and pulling down her tights, which Kaplan noted were not treated as alleged sexual abuse at trial.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... udge-rape/