"You've endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape," Stephanopoulos said, alluding to the legal victory by Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll.
Stephanopoulos repeated that claim ten times during his spat with Mace, despite the fact that a jury actually determined Trump was liable for "sexual abuse," which has a distinct definition under New York law.
After the federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not rape, Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in a later ruling that just because Carroll failed to prove rape "within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’"
Initially, Stephanopoulos was defiant in the face of Trump’s lawsuit, telling CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert that he wouldn’t be "cowed out of doing my job because of a threat."
"Trump sued me because I used the word ‘rape,’ even though a judge said that’s in fact what did happen. We filed a motion to dismiss," Stephanopoulos said.
In a normal case it'd be kind of ridiculous to dither about "rape" vs rape-like "sexual abuse", but a newsman like Slopalopoulos knows full well the case and verdict is total bullshit so even saying "convicted of sexual abuse" is slanderous.
For him to then purposely spin the verdict as worse is at least double-bullshit.
The whole reason is that it's not a normal case. It's unprecedented because New York explicitly changed their state laws to enable this. If New York actually had to hold to a real legal standard he'd skate and they know it, because the supposed victim is not only blatantly making it up they're also a total lunatic.
That and the whole part where she went on a five minute rant on live TV about how she dreamed from teenage years about being raped and how hot she thought it was.
In a normal case it'd be kind of ridiculous to dither about "rape" vs rape-like "sexual abuse", but a newsman like Slopalopoulos knows full well the case and verdict is total bullshit so even saying "convicted of sexual abuse" is slanderous.
For him to then purposely spin the verdict as worse is at least double-bullshit.
The whole reason is that it's not a normal case. It's unprecedented because New York explicitly changed their state laws to enable this. If New York actually had to hold to a real legal standard he'd skate and they know it, because the supposed victim is not only blatantly making it up they're also a total lunatic.
Did I hear correctly that she’s accused someone else now? I thought I heard that
That and the whole part where she went on a five minute rant on live TV about how she dreamed from teenage years about being raped and how hot she thought it was.
Literally made up for sick self gratification.