George Stephanopoulos 确实有不准确的地方，但他是有意不准确的吗，还是无意的？ 他应该fight in court instead of settling outside court. 为什么？
rape 在不同的州有不同的定义，比如在佛州是， https://www.sexcrimedefenseattorneys.com/florida-rape-law/? ， 按这个定义，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.
类似的定义在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.
但在案件发生的纽约州，按纽约州的定义，川普做的事就不是rape, 而只是sexual abuse. 这也是jury 达成的结论。更多详情可以看 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/29/donald-trump-rape-e-jean-carroll/72295009007/ 。
回到ABC 主播的采访，ABC主播光说陪审团判了川普rape的罪，而没有把这各州的区别讲明白。这是他表述不准确的地方。
BTW: 纽约州在今年九月一日后，就扩大了rape的范围，基本采用了上面佛州麻州的定义法。
