He Forced His Fingers in Her: Donald Trump Was Found Liable for Exactly What He Bragged About
In 2005, Donald Trump sat in a tour bus parked outside a TV set, wearing a microphone and waiting to make a cameo on a soap opera. What he didn’t know was that his words—broadcast into an open mic—would go on to define not just his character, but eventually become part of a federal civil trial where he would be found liable for sexual abuse.
“When you’re a star, they let you do it,” he said to Billy Bush on the Access Hollywood tape.
“You can do anything.”
“Grab ’em by the pussy.”
At the time, the country gasped. Some called it “locker room talk.” Others called it a confession. Years later, a jury confirmed it was a pattern—not a punchline.
In 2023, Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a federal civil trial brought by writer and journalist E. Jean Carroll. The jury didn’t just believe Carroll’s story—they unanimously concluded that Trump forcibly penetrated her with his fingers in a department store dressing room, just as he once joked about on camera.
This wasn’t abstract. This wasn’t metaphor.
He did exactly what he said he does.
🔴 The Assault, According to Carroll
Carroll testified under oath that in the mid-1990s, Trump lured her into a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan. What started as flirtation quickly turned violent. Inside the dressing room, she says Trump:
Shoved her against the wall, unzipped his pants,
Pulled down her tights, and
Forced his fingers inside her without consent.
She resisted. She struggled. Then she escaped.
For decades, she stayed silent.
⚖️ The Verdict: Guilty in Everything But Name
In May 2023, a New York federal jury found Trump liable for:
Sexual abuse (battery)
Defamation (for lying and attacking Carroll publicly)
While New York’s civil rape definition required proof of full penile penetration, the jury found that Trump forcibly penetrated Carroll digitally, which is still legally defined as sexual assault and a form of rape in many states.
He was ordered to pay $5 million.
In a second defamation trial, after continuing to smear Carroll, he was hit with another $83.3 million in damages.
📼 “Grab ’Em By the Pussy” Became Exhibit A
During the trial, Carroll’s legal team used the Access Hollywood tape as evidence of Trump’s mindset and M.O. He bragged about assaulting women. Carroll said he did it to her. The court found her story credible, consistent, and corroborated.
And the kicker?
In his deposition, Trump defended what he said on the tape:
“Historically, that’s true with stars,” he said.
“If you look over the last million years.”
He wasn’t ashamed. He was confirming the premise.
📸 The Photo That Destroyed His Defense
Trump repeatedly claimed he “didn’t know” E. Jean Carroll and that she “wasn’t his type.” But in discovery, a photo surfaced showing Trump, Carroll, and their spouses at a party together.
When shown the image during his deposition, Trump mistook Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples, the very woman he claimed she looked nothing like.
So much for “never met her.”
👁️🗨️ A Pattern of Abuse, Finally Confirmed
Carroll wasn’t the first to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct. At least 26 women have come forward with credible accusations of:
Groping
Kissing without consent
Walking in on teen beauty pageant contestants
And worse.
But this case? This wasn’t a media story. This was a court of law. And the jury listened. They deliberated. And they believed her.
They confirmed the most disturbing truth about Donald Trump:
He wasn’t lying on that tape.
He told the world who he was.
And then, according to a federal jury, he proved it with his actions.
🧨 Final Thoughts
Donald Trump wasn’t just accused of sexual abuse.
He wasn’t just caught on tape bragging about it.
He was found liable for it by a jury of American citizens, in a courtroom with evidence, under penalty of perjury.
And still, he faces no criminal accountability.
Still, he’s running for president.
Still, millions cheer.
But history will remember.
It will remember that the man who said “grab ’em by the pussy”
meant it.
And one day, long after the noise dies down and the headlines fade, this verdict will remain carved into the public record:
He forced his fingers in her.
And a jury believed it.