E. Jean Carroll, a columnist for the advice column, has been awarded a court victory against former President Donald Trump after a jury found her liable for battery and defamation in her lawsuit against him. Carroll said she feels "fantastic" one day after the verdict, and that it was "probably the happiest day of my life" when she was able to talk about the victory.
The 79-year-old plaintiff has been awarded $5 million by a nine-person New York jury who ruled that Donald Trump did sexually abuse her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s. The jury sided with Trump on the rape allegation but found him to have committed some other type of sexual abuse. Upon hearing this decision, Carroll approached the former president's attorney and whispered: 'He did it, and you know it.'
On Wednesday morning, E. Jean took her victory lap on morning breakfast TV shows such as Good Morning America and TODAY show where she expressed how overwhelmed she was with the verdict reached by New York jurors.
Carroll believes her case 'demolished' stereotypes surrounding 'perfect' sexual assault victims while also praising Judge Verna Saunders for giving them more process than anyone else ever gets.
Despite E.Jean feeling victorious from Tuesday's ruling which deemed Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her; several Republican senators have warned that this could hurt his chances of re-election come November 2024 elections.
However, former President Donald J.Trump flatly rejected these accusations made during yesterday’s trial stating he will be appealing once again claiming victimhood due to judges hating on him more than humanely possible making sure they get their way instead given no grounds whatsoever according legal professionals like Roberta Kaplan who assisted Ms.Caroll throughout proceedings thus far resulting ultimately into an award totaling five million dollars ($2 million for sexual abuse and nearly $3 million for defamation).
Carroll filed suit against the now 76-year-old former president in New York alleging battery and defamation under the state's Adult Survivors Act, claiming that the incident "severely injured Carroll, causing significant pain and suffering, lasting psychological harms, loss of dignity, and invasion of her privacy."
Her attorney, Roberta Kaplan said that Tuesday marked a historic victory which should be celebrated as proof that “no one – not even a former president or even a star from Celebrity Apprentice – is above the law."