Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑
He didn't...
By mutual agreement of the parties the jury was asked to determine whether the preponderance of the evidence supported a criminal DEFINITION, not a charge. Because the jury couldn't "convict", and the Plaintiff did not allege rape.
All of this is clear in Judge Kaplan's opinion.
Why was Judge Kaplan obliged to so opine?
You're so **** STUPID!!
The complete, verbatim text of Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s standard or final jury instructions delivered orally or entered as a full written charge in the first
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump trial (
Carroll II, which went to trial first in May 2023) is not fully reproduced in a single public, standardized registry snippet, as federal district court charges are read into the record and filed traditionally via PACER rather than mainstream open-access text repositories.
However, the core legal framework and instructions given by Judge Kaplan to the jury included specific determinations:
- Liability Findings on Battery and Sexual Abuse: The jury was instructed on New York law regarding battery and sexual abuse, requiring Carroll to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Trump forcibly touched her sexually without consent.
- The "Rape" Definition Instruction: Judge Kaplan instructed the jury on the legal definition of rape under New York penal law at the time (narrowly defining forcible vaginal penetration by a penis versus other digital/sexual contact), leading the jury to find Trump liable for sexual abuse and battery rather than statutory rape
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