DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION

The former president will have to pay $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages for the sexual assault and defamation.

E. Jean Carroll, 79, spoke in a written statement.

"I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me, but for all women who have suffered because 'They weren't believed,' she claimed.

E. Jean Carroll said she was encouraged to break her long silence on the sexual assault by the Harvey Weinstein case and the #metoo movement. In a book published in 2019, E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of raping her in a fitting room at the Bergdorf Goodman store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan in 1996. The former president denied the accusation on Truth Social in 2022, calling the case a " total scam", "a 'hoax' and a 'lie'.

The jury rejected the allegation that Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, that is, he had sex with her without her consent. But he concluded that the property developer had sexually assaulted the journalist.

'A disgrace,' says Trump

Donald Trump, he had made his reaction known immediately after the announcement of the verdict in a message published on Truth Social, his platform.

"I have absolutely no idea who this woman is," he wrote.

This verdict is a disgrace – a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time

Later, on Fox News Digital, he added, “We will appeal. We were treated very badly by the judge appointed by [Bill] Clinton. "I have no idea who this woman is."

His lawyer, Joe Tacopina, has also promised to appeal the verdict.

“Strange verdict,” he told reporters.

"It was a rape complaint, it was a rape case all along, and the jury dismissed that complaint and made other findings. We will obviously appeal those other findings."