There are countless women in the USA that have come forward to declare the end of abuse of women.
E. Jean Carroll is typical of the oppression of women, until now. Her story is compelling and the jury found it to be credible.
Realize it has taken nearly three decades for Ms. Carroll to receive recognition for her injuries. Trump still is not held legally criminal in his acts against her. That is still not justice.
By Becky Sullivan, Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz, and Quil Lawrence
A federal jury (click here) has found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who says he raped her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.
The nine jurors, who deliberated for barely three hours before reaching their unanimous conclusion, did not find that Trump raped Carroll. But they agreed that he "sexually abused" her and that he defamed her when he denied her story.
Carroll was awarded $5 million in total damages for both claims.
"Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed," Carroll said in a statement....
The nine jurors, who deliberated for barely three hours before reaching their unanimous conclusion, did not find that Trump raped Carroll. But they agreed that he "sexually abused" her and that he defamed her when he denied her story.
Carroll was awarded $5 million in total damages for both claims.
"Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed," Carroll said in a statement....
The "Me, too" movement proves the extent women have been oppressed for decades. Every women that has come forward to be counted in this oppression wears a badge of honor in declaring "No more!" for generations to come.
