The lawsuit went to trial a couple weeks ago in the federal court here on two counts. One was battery, the accusation that he had raped her, and the other was defamation. For Miss Carol to prove battery, she merely had to prove by a preponderance of the evidence,. Some people say it's like one tenth of a percent, more than 50 percent possible.
This episode contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault.
A jury in Manhattan has found former President Donald J. Trump legally liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
Ben Weiser, who covers the Manhattan federal courts for The Times, tells the story of how a nearly 30-year-old case reached this moment.
Guest: Benjamin Weiser, a correspondent for The New York Times covering the Manhattan federal courts.
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