NYC Jury Begins Deliberations In Trump Rape Trial

The Guardian reports:

The jury in Donald Trump’s rape trial begins deliberations on Tuesday to decide if the former president sexually assaulted the advice columnist E Jean Carroll and then defamed her by denying it.

For Carroll to win her civil claim for sexual battery, the jury of six men and three women must reach a unanimous verdict based on “a preponderance of the evidence”, meaning that she is more likely than not to be telling the truth, a lower standard than for a criminal trial.

Carroll is suing for unspecified damages, claiming that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in 1996. Trump called the accusations a hoax and Carroll a “nut job”.

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