richardag said:
An ethical and moral DA would not have brought this case. An ethical and moral judge would not have allowed this case to proceed. A moral and ethical person would disparage this complete lack of justice.
DA did not bring this case, Roberta Kaplan, a private attorney, did. Suborning perjury in the process.
Carroll was trying to sell a book. She put the Trump story in there because she believed it would help with book sales. She lied about the dress and New York magazine reporters caught that lie so she changed her story. That should have been a big red flag for Kaplan as well. Plus the sheer number of different men Carroll has made similar accusations about over the years and within that same book, to boot. Short of a gang bang, how many women have actually been assaulted
But what Carroll said on the stand was that she was most damaged by Trump saying she wasn't "his type" meaning to her that Trump was saying she was "ugly" her words. She said that several times, in fact.
Is someone calling a woman "ugly" truly defamation? Defamation of a public figure, as an author, former TV personality/advice columnist who was selling a book wherein she made the accusations against Trump first?
She further testified that she did not sue Les Moonves because he only "denied it" and she was not damaged by that denial.
Although preponderance of the evidence is the civil legal standard, the plaintiff still bears the burden of proof. Had this been a criminal trial (putting aside the SOL issue for a moment) no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case on such a spotty and contradictory evidence.