Former prosecutor calls Trump verdict ‘a significant win’ for #MeToo movement

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, let's bring on criminal defense attorney and

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Bernarda Villalona, ​​thank you very much for joining us, okay, so five million dollars is awarded to Eugene Carroll, how important do you think this is, especially considering he is a

former

President, so it is a

significant

measure? one victory for Eugene Carroll, one for her is Vindication, she finally feels vindicated because this man made her famous all these years and told her that this is a hoax, that she is crazy, that she is making it up, so for her it is a great personal victory, but also another victory in terms of the moment me too but also third another Victory because you are talking about the former president a person who has said that he is Mr.

Teflon who can get his way with anything and here he is southern district of New York, a jury of your peers has said and found you liable for defamation and battery, so liable for battery and defamation, but not rape, why do you think the jury reached that conclusion and why did the distinction is actually not even made? in any sense in the sense of it's a big problem it's not a big problem because we're talking about a civil case instead of a criminal case anyway in this civil case where the burden is completely different than in a criminal case a jury She still found that Donald Trump had sexual contact with Miss Eugene Carroll's private area, so whether it is rape or rape is different in the sense that there has to be penetration of his penis in order to be found responsible for the rape in yes, but anyway. they found a battery and what I think really killed him is his number one statement, the Access Hollywood statement, where I can grab him by the pocket, that there is sexual assault right there and also the other two victims who came forward and said they had also had a sexual encounter similar to that of EG and Carol and taking those two into account is what led this jury to find him liable for the assault by having to deal with the sexual assault and the defamation charge, of course, Trump decided neither even show up. not testifying how damned do you think that was I think it played a very important role you have to think that with Donald Trump not even showing up for your own trial plays a role in turning human beings into citizens like look this is your own case and no I don't really think much of it and let's be clear that you don't have to show up, this is a civil case so you decided not to show up, but you did show up in the sense that your deposition was presented in the courtroom and that's the entire jury needed to see his reaction when confronted with the Access Hollywood video, as well as the photograph where you have Gene Carroll in a photograph and he mistakes her for his wife when he says oh no, she's not my type, but hey you .

I just said oh no that's Marla and Marla is a Marion type so now we've already heard from the Trump team that they plan to appeal what are the chances that Eugene Carroll will ever see this five million dollars or will they still be locked up and litigated? This is going to be a long time before E.G and Carol see any money in this case because an appeal can take many years, it's not something that's quick and you know where Donald Trump Donald Trump is definitely going to fight this to the bitter end and his team has already said that, so in terms of grounds for appeal abroad, I think one of the grounds is to allow the Access Hollywood tape to become evidence; secondly, there are the other two victims who were allowed to testify about something that had nothing to do with, for example, and Carol, well, let's be clear, any objection that Mr.

Takopino or that team made and was not ruled in your favor is grounds for appeal, it does not mean that you will be successful on appeal. Bernardo Villalona, ​​thank you very much. for your time and insight, thank you Hello everyone, George Stephanopoulos, thank you for visiting the ABC News YouTube channel. For more videos, highlights and live event coverage, click right here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app to receive breaking news alerts. Thanks for watching.