Yet another celebrity has responded to the fact that Donald Trump‘s perverse actions are finally catching up with him. The former president is currently in the midst of a number of legal woes and has just lost the civil case brought against him by journalist E. Jean Carroll with a Manhattan jury finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation; a fact that Stephen King believes Trump should add to his resume.
Trump will be forced to pay $5 million in damages to Carroll after a jury found that there was enough evidence to prove that Trump had sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store nearly 30 years ago and defamed her on his social media platform Truth Social. Carroll is by no means the first woman to accuse Trump of sexual assault, but she is the first to have made an accusation which has then been affirmed by a jury.
Of course with the result also came a wave of cheers and general two cents being added on social media from all, including the celebrities that consistently tweet on such matters such as George Takei and Patton Oswalt. Also weighing in on the topic is a man who we don’t understand how he has any extra time to tweet given the number of books he knocks out, Stephen King. The author suggested that Trump may want to add this new “accolade” to his resume.
The former president is facing a whole host of legal battles as his actions are coming back to bite him in the ass. On top of this verdict, Trump is also dealing with the arraignment over the Stormy Daniels hush money which has seen him charged with 34 counts of criminal tax fraud, and he also has to contend with Attorney General Letitia James’ civil lawsuit against him as well.
After the civil case was found in favor of Carroll, the journalist left the building grinning beside her lawyer Roberta A. Kaplan. As reported by the New York Times in her statement after the result she said,
“I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.”
The verdict apparently came in after only three hours of deliberation, but seeing as this is a civil case and not a criminal one, Trump will not face any jail time and he has not been convicted of a crime. This is still a huge step forward, though, for those seeking justice against Trump, who has been remarkably slippery in escaping any form of conviction brought against him.
