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Civil vs criminal liability

The distinction between civil liability and criminal guilt in the context of sexual abuse and defamation cases.

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Jan 22, 2026
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has trumpt been convicted of rape and pedophilia

No criminal conviction exists that finds guilty of rape or pedophilia; a federal civil jury found him liable for sexually abusing writer (not for rape) and awarded damages, a decision later upheld on ...

Feb 7, 2026

Trump convicted of rape

A federal jury in found civilly liable for sexually abusing columnist and for defaming her, awarding $5 million in damages, but the jury did not find him liable for "rape" under New York’s narrow stat...