General Discussion

And that the judge instead decided he was guilty on a slightly lesser "charge" (though not sure if's it's really right to call it a "charge" in a case like this, as I think that may be a criminal court term exclusively?).

IOW her lawyers argued he raped her and wanted the compensation based on that particular criminal act, but the judge decided the appropriate one was "sexual abuse" according to NY state law. Again going from memory I think it's because she admitted she was not 100% on exactly what appendage he violently jammed into her body, and that under NY law it's technically only "rape" if it's the man's penis, unlike is the case in many other states where rape is basically penetrating any orifice with any appendage or object.

Also I think one or two other "charges" didn't get a guilty verdict from the jury. In totality, her lawyers didn't get everything they were asking for, but still got a lot of it. That's my recollection.

Probably you'd have to be more specific in what this person is actually claiming. AFAIK IQ47 is an adjudicated sex abuser, but not a "rapist" due to NY law being (overly, imho) specific in its definition of "rape".