Jean Carroll acknowledges that she helped Democrats change the law to push their lawsuit against Trump

Journalist and author Elizabeth Jean Carroll, who succeeded in getting Donald Trump convicted of sexual abuse and defamation, admitted that she helped New York Democrats change the law so she could pursue her lawsuit.

Jean Carroll appeared on This Morning with Poppy Harlow to discuss her lawsuit against the former president. During the program she recounted that it would never have been possible to sue Trump if the law was not changed, so she helped to do it. "Jean really helped get the law passed," said Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, confirming what her client said.

Carroll filed his lawsuit last year, as soon as the Adult Survivor Act (ASA) went into effect in New York State. "It was Thanksgiving Day, the first day I could sue. We filed just after midnight on Thanksgiving Day," he recounted during the program.

The legislation gavesexual assault victims one year to file their civil claims against their alleged abusers, "regardless of when the abuse occurred."

Carroll will be compensated

Although Carroll did not succeed in having the former president convicted in the rape case, he was sentenced for sexual abuse and defamation, which resulted in an award to the journalist of $5 million in damages. It should be noted that Donald Trump does not face prison sentences for this case, since it was a civil lawsuit.

The case

The journalist alleged that Donald Trump raped her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996. Carroll also accused the former president of defaming her some time after the case became public.