Have any juries convicted or acquitted Donald Trump on rape or sexual assault allegations as of December 2025?

1. Civil verdict versus criminal conviction — the legal distinction matters

A federal jury in New York in May 2023 found Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and for defaming her; civil liability is decided by a preponderance of the evidence and carries monetary damages, not criminal punishment ^{[1] [6]}. Newsweek and PBS cautioned that the civil finding is not a criminal conviction and that the jury specifically stopped short of finding rape under the criminal statutes at issue ^{[6] [1]}.

2. What jurors actually decided in the Carroll cases

Jurors in the May 2023 trial determined that Carroll proved sexual abuse and defamation; they did not find Trump liable for rape under New York’s narrow statutory definition in effect at the time, which played a central role in how the verdict was framed ^{[1] [3]}. The $5 million verdict was later upheld by appeals courts, which left intact findings that Trump sexually abused Carroll and defamed her ^{[2] [5]}.

3. Judges and commentators weighed in on the substance of the assault

Judge Lewis Kaplan and several commentators noted a gap between the label “rape” and the facts the jury credited: the jury concluded Carroll had been forcibly penetrated with fingers, which some legal observers and commentators said amounted to sexual assault though it did not meet New York’s technical rape definition at that time ^[4]. The district judge and appellate panels described evidence supporting Carroll’s account while distinguishing legal categories the jury was asked to apply ^{[4] [7]}.

4. Appeals, further rulings and continued litigation through 2025

Trump mounted appeals and sought broader court review; the Second Circuit refused en banc rehearing in June 2025 and other appellate rulings repeatedly left the civil judgments intact, and Trump petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the sexual abuse and defamation verdict in late 2025 ^{[3] [8] [9]}. Separate appellate decisions also upheld a larger $83.3 million damages award tied to related defamation claims ^{[10] [11]}.

5. What reporting does — and does not — say about criminal juries

Available sources show no criminal jury in any jurisdiction convicted Trump of rape or sexual assault through December 2025; reporting repeatedly distinguishes the civil Carroll verdict from criminal guilt and notes the jury’s specific findings ^{[6] [5]}. Sources do not report any criminal trial that produced a jury conviction on rape or sexual assault charges against Trump as of December 2025 — if you are asking about any criminal jury verdicts, available sources do not mention such a conviction.

6. Competing perspectives and possible motives in coverage

Defendants and their lawyers have framed the verdicts as politically motivated “weaponization” of the courts; Carroll’s attorneys and several judges framed appellate rulings as affirmations that admissible evidence supported the jury’s findings ^{[2] [7]}. Media outlets differ in emphasis: some highlight the civil finding as proof of wrongdoing while others stress the legal distinction between civil liability and criminal conviction — readers should note partisan and rhetorical stakes on both sides ^[2].

7. Bottom line for readers

Juries have found Trump civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation in E. Jean Carroll’s suit, and those civil judgments have largely survived appeals through 2025; jurors did not find him criminally liable for rape, and no criminal jury verdicts for rape or sexual assault against Trump are reported in the available sources as of December 2025 ^{[1] [2] [5]}. Limitations: these conclusions rely solely on the supplied reporting and court summaries; available sources do not mention any criminal jury convictions for rape or sexual assault of Donald Trump.