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It's amazing that they caved on this, I'm not going to guarantee they would have won but it seems very easy to argue. They have the judge's own words to back up their reporting. They have the definition of rape from basically every other state. They can have myriads of witnesses to argue about a common colloquial definition of a word. Again I wouldn't say Ironclad but with how hard it is to prove defamation I have trouble seeing how they would have lost. They just straight up kowtowed. This is basically a bribe. Or maybe a tribute is the better word.
Honestly I wish they had fought this, but I understand why they settled.
Firstly, he was held liable for "sexual assault" which was legally different from rape at the time. (Obviously, he's still a fucking rapist). He loves to tout this fact, as weird and sad as that is.
Secondly, and most likely the biggest factor in their decision, fighting Trump's BS suit would likely cost way more than $15M and he's soon to be the president (uuuuuuugh) so that complicates things even further in his favor because the case would go on beyond his inauguration.