• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    He was determined by a jury in court to have sexually abused E. Jean Carroll too. While the case was a civil suit for sexual abuse (and defamation), not a criminal charge for rape, he was still determined to have committed specific acts that do constitute first degree rape under New York law, a crime for which there is no statute of limitations. In other words, he’s not a convicted rapist, but still definitely a rapist, just an as yet unconvicted one.