George Stephanopoulos 確實有不準確的地方，但他是有意不準確的嗎，還是無意的？ 他應該fight in court instead of settling outside court. 為什麽？
rape 在不同的州有不同的定義，比如在佛州是， https://www.sexcrimedefenseattorneys.com/florida-rape-law/? ， 按這個定義，川普是Rape了。
Florida Rape Law
Florida law does not provide a specific legal definition of rape. For this reason, to obtain a conviction for rape in Florida, prosecutors are required to prove the elements of sexual battery, which also encompasses the crime of rape.
Necessary Elements
In order to be convicted of rape, the state is required to prove that the defendant:
- Orally, vaginally, or anally penetrated another person with a sexual organ or another object; and
- Did so without the other party’s consent.
類似的定義在George 出生的麻州也有：https://www.neymanlaw.com/g-l-c-265-22-rape.html
Massachusetts General Laws chapter 265, section 22 governs the crime of rape. It provides as follows:
“Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a person and compels such person to submit by force and against his will, or compels such person to submit by threat of bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years; and whoever commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term or years.”
In the context if this statute, sexual intercourse means penetration of the victim. The degree of penetration does not matter for the purposes of a rape prosecution. Digital penetration is sufficient to support a rape charge. Unnatural sexual intercourse includes forcible oral sex or penetration by use of inanimate objects.
但在案件發生的紐約州，按紐約州的定義，川普做的事就不是rape, 而隻是sexual abuse. 這也是jury 達成的結論。更多詳情可以看 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/29/donald-trump-rape-e-jean-carroll/72295009007/ 。
回到ABC 主播的采訪，ABC主播光說陪審團判了川普rape的罪，而沒有把這各州的區別講明白。這是他表述不準確的地方。
BTW: 紐約州在今年九月一日後，就擴大了rape的範圍，基本采用了上麵佛州麻州的定義法。
