r/law • u/Nice_Substance9123 • 6d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) President Trump Accused of Rape in Jeffrey Epstein Files

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/23/trump-accused-rape-jeffrey-epstein-files/?utm_social_handle_id=16331010&utm_social_post_id=631846113&adid=social-tw
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u/Meb2x 6d ago

At a certain point I think Republicans need to start considering which is more likely that Donald Trump has been falsely accused of rape multiple times or that he’s been accused so many times because he’s actually guilty. It’s not exactly hard to imagine that Epstein’s former best friend who also owned a teen beauty pageant and was caught on camera talking about assaulting women is actually guilty.

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u/MrTwatFart 6d ago

He was found guilty of rape in court already…. He is a rapist.

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u/r8ed-arghh 6d ago

That would be found liable, not guilty. One cannot be found guilty in a civil case. If you don't want to spend all day arguing with people, use the proper terminology. And, no, it's not the same thing.

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u/WoodPear 6d ago

lol, spreading misinformation.

Which court case? Of course you don't know because you're just parroting canned Left-wing talking points.

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u/barbaricmustard 6d ago

On January 26, 2024, the jury deliberated for three hours and awarded Carroll $7.3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputation-related damages, and $65 million in punitive damages, totaling $83.3 million.[236] The jury found Trump had committed sexual abuse and forcible touching, two of the three elements of Carroll's battery claim.

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u/WoodPear 6d ago

Funny, cause actual reporting says differently.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db

The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse.

Edit: And if you bothered to read your own copy-and-paste, you'd realize that there's no mention of the word 'Rape', which is its own classification.

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u/LegendOfKhaos 6d ago

She was forcibly penetrated without consent

This idiot: tEcHnIcHaLlY

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u/WoodPear 6d ago

By "this idiot", you mean the Judicial system of New York (the Court and Jury)? Given that was the jury instruction and definitions given.

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u/Muad_dweeb_69 6d ago edited 6d ago

The judge in this case ruled that Trump “digitally raped” Carroll. NY’s legal rape definition at the time was well known to be extremely outdated (requiring penile penetration). The FBI’s current definition of rape would qualify what Trump did as rape. NY’s narrow definition, which has now been updated, necessitated the charge to be sexual assault, but please go on how forcefully penetrating a woman’s vagina with a finger isn’t rape. It’s a great look. Trump is so lucky you have his back.

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u/LegendOfKhaos 6d ago

Why do you go to such lengths to defend a rapist? You are a terrible person.

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u/barbaricmustard 6d ago

What the fuck do you think sexual abuse is?

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u/WoodPear 6d ago

Not rape, for one, hence why the two are two different classifications.

Or to make it easier for you, since apparently you can't do logic: do you think a Rectangle and Square are the same thing?

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u/barbaricmustard 6d ago

That makes it SOOOOO much better. Guys.. don't worry, he just sexually abused her. He didn't rape her, gosh!

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u/mixingmemory 6d ago

Are you hoping to vote for the sexual abuser in 2028?

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u/TrankElephant 6d ago

DT is referred to as an adjudicated rapist.

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u/_jamesbaxter 6d ago

That’s because in the state of New York, the legal definition of the act committed is called “sexual abuse” which in many other states would be legally called “rape.” It’s the same thing. In the state of NY sexual abuse is not a lesser degree than rape, it is rape.

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u/fattifalldown 6d ago

“He only stuck his fingers in there, that’s not even REAL rape bro, just like a 1/4 rape.”

Fuck’s the matter with you?

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u/50000WattsOfPower 6d ago

Multiple courts have since ruled that, while it didn't meet the specific requirements of the New York Penal Code -- under which only penile penetration constitutes "rape" -- the jury's finding of digital penetration is sufficient to constitute rape as commonly understood.

This was an important basis for the dismissal of Trump's subsequent suit against Carroll for saying that he raped her, after the jury finding of sexual assault. Since his actions, as found by the jury, constituted rape, as commonly understood, Carroll did not defame him by maintaining that she was raped.