It’s been a rough day for Donald Trump’s legal team.
. “The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’ Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”
“I have considered Mr. Trump’s other arguments and found them all unpersuasive,” Kaplan added. “The jury in this case did not reach ‘a seriously erroneous result.’ Its verdict is not ‘a miscarriage of justice.’ Mr. Trump’s motion for a new trial on damages or a remittitur is denied.”
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