


In a civil suit like Carroll’s, the jury had to determine whether Carroll’s legal team proved that Trump committed battery against Carroll by a preponderance of the evidence. Here’s what the jury group of six men and three women, whose identities are anonymous to the lawyers and the public, considered:Ĭarroll filed the lawsuit last November under the “New York State Adult Survivors Act,” a state bill which opened a look-back window for sexual assault allegations like Carroll’s with long-expired statutes of limitation. Trump has denied the allegations and called the verdict “a total disgrace” Tuesday. The panel in a Manhattan federal courtroom considered Carroll’s allegations that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman lingerie department dressing room in the spring of 1996, and then defamed her in a social media post last October. Jean Carroll has prevailed in her civil trial against Donald Trump with a federal jury finding the former president liable for battery and defamation and awarding the writer $5 million.

She wants so badly to believe her life is finally getting back on track, but she’ll soon discover that the greatest danger to herself and her children are the lies people tell themselves.E. Nina works hard to bridge the divide that’s come between her daughter and Simon. Nina's teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, while her friends see a different side to him, and they aren't afraid to use the word obsession. Simon, a widower still grieving the death of his first wife, thinks he has found his dream girl in Nina, and his charm and affections help break through to a heart hardened by betrayal. Now, a year and a half later, Nina has found love again and hopes she can put her shattered world back together. But with Glen gone-presumably drowned while fishing on his boat-she couldn't confront him about the affair or find closure to the life he blew apart. The question is, why ? Nina Garrity learned the hard way that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. He would never betray her like her first husband. What makes Simon Fitch so perfect ? -He knows all her favorite foods, music, and movies.

The New Husband is a riveting thriller about the lies we tell ourselves from D.
