Donald Trump rape trial jury begins deliberations

Jurors are determining if former President Donald Trump should be held liable for columnist E Jean Carroll’s claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room is accused of raping a columnist in a dressing room and defaming her.

The nine-member jury started deliberating on E Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Trump at 11.50am on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Six men and three women will decide if Trump should be held liable for Carroll’s allegations that he raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in the mid-1990s. If jurors find Trump liable, they will determine how much money the ex-president owes Carroll for the damages. Trump will not face jail time because it is not a criminal case.‘I emphasize to you that this is a civil case for damages,’ US District Judge Lewis Kaplan told jurors. ‘It is not a criminal case.’

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