Donald Trump lost in court yesterday to 79-year-old writer and journalist E.. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping, slandering her and damaging her reputation. It's a civil case, not a criminal one, which means Trump won't face jail time..

It took nine jurors (six men and three women) in Manhattan Federal District Court just three hours to reach their decision. They concluded what Trump did to E.. Jean Carroll sexually assaulted and slandered her, and awarded the writer and journalist five million dollars in damages..

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Over the years, about twenty women have accused Trump of sexual harassment and assault.. Trump always denied these accusations, called women liars and usually stated that they were freaks and he would not even look in their direction..

Jean Carroll became the first woman to go to trial against Trump and win it. The confession of guilt of the ex-president will give weight to the accusations of women who did not sue him or could not. For Trump, who is going to run in the presidential election in 2024, this turn of events can only hurt.

The author's allegations are as follows:. In the mid-1990s, she ran into Trump in a fashionable Manhattan department store.. They were both well-known people who, according to Carroll, worked in the same media circles: Trump was a famous real estate tycoon and was featured in local entertainment newspapers, and she was a columnist on a TV news show on cable TV.. As Carroll said, she and Trump got to know each other, and their meeting began easily and cheerfully.. She said Trump wanted her to help him choose a gift for another woman, and she was "

Carroll said she went with Trump to the locker room. Then, according to her testimony, he attacked her. The journalist colorfully described how Trump pushed her against the wall of the locker room, hit her head against the wall and pressed her with all his weight. Then he pulled off her pantyhose.

It was " According to her, she managed to escape by hitting him with her knee..

In her testimony, Carroll said she was shaken by the attack and " She also expressed guilt over flirting with Trump before the attack and said she did not file a police report in part because she blamed herself for what happened.. “I always think about why I went in there and ended up in this situation,” Carroll added.. According to her, she decided to write about her experience only after the start of the MeToo social movement, when women began to speak publicly about cases of sexual violence that they had previously kept quiet about..

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After the writer published her memoirs of the rape, Trump called her a liar and a crook and thus caused significant damage to her career and reputation. As a result, according to her lawyer, Carroll lost her job at the prestigious Elle magazine..

Many witnesses came out on Carroll's side, including two women who told similar stories about Trump attacking them, as well as two of her friends, whom she told about what happened to her immediately after Trump raped her..

But the strongest witness against Trump was Trump himself.. He did not appear in court, but a video of the interrogation of the ex-president by a lawyer representing Carroll was released.. The interrogation was conducted in preparation for the trial.. The picture turned out to be very unsightly for the former president.

In the testimony footage presented, Trump announced that Carroll " " - she liked it. She really liked. It was sexy. Being raped was very sexy. Didn't she say that?

It is unlikely that such a statement made a good impression on the jury..

In addition, Trump confused E. Jean Carroll with his ex-wife Marla Maples. This mistake was of particular significance, since Trump had previously brushed off Carroll's accusations, saying that "

Trump mistook Carroll for his ex-wife when he was shown an old party photo of Carroll standing next to Trump.

" This is my wife,” said the ex-president, pointing to Carroll. “I understand that the three women you married are all to your taste,” the lawyer said.. Trump replied: "

Trump didn't help either in the infamous Access Hollywood footage released during the 2016 presidential campaign, in which Trump said he grabbed women "

Asked about his words that " You look at the last million years, that's pretty much true.. Unfortunately or fortunately. The words "

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Speaking about the Access Hollywood tape, Carroll's lawyer argued that it was tantamount to "

Trump's core supporters likely won't be embarrassed by his guilty plea in court. Following their idol, they will continue to assure that all this is the machinations of enemies and a “witch hunt”. Moreover, ultra-conservative Trump supporters are quite comfortable with the hierarchical structure of society, where the dismissive attitude towards women and the privileged position of the male aggressor are in the order of things..

Although there will be other reactions. Predatory attitudes towards women, boasting of sexual aggression, and jokes about how women love to be raped were acceptable among people of the former president's age..

But over the past decades, values \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bin society have changed, and Trump can only cause disgust in the younger generation.. Today, for most young people, the social norm is gender equality, not sexism, which marked the behavior of the ex-president. Numerous social polls speak of such a change in values.. And my personal experience of working with the younger generation at an American university also confirms this..

In addition, Trump has not been popular among educated, professional women of all ages before, and now his popularity among this group of voters will decline even more.. Moreover, Trump's ugly behavior with women is now superimposed on his party's efforts to deprive women of the right to abortion..

And, of course, supporters of the Democratic Party will have additional arguments against the representative of the Republicans, who is now officially recognized as a rapist and a liar..

Perhaps all this will make Republicans think twice.. However, admitting the guilt of the former president in court may not affect the outcome of the election, which depends not only on how people feel about Trump or Biden, but also on whether they go to vote or decide to stay at home..

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