After the accusations against Harvey Weinstein, we start to see some efforts from the legal system to address this problem of survivors not having enough time to make their accusations. One of the strategies that lawmakers come up with in New York State is called the Adult Survivors Act. It gives people a one-time window of one year from November of 2022 to November of 2023 to file a civil case against someone who sexually abused them no matter how long ago the abuse took place. And so as soon as the AdultSurvivor's Act passes, eating Carol uses that to file her civil suit against Donald Trump. The trial begins on April 25th and lasts for two weeks.
A New York jury awarded $5 million to journalist E. Jean Carroll, whose civil suit against the former president alleged sexual battery and defamation. Vox’s Constance Grady explains.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn and Amina Al-Sadi, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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