E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist who claims former President Trump raped her in a New York City department store dressing room in the 1990s, teased when she plans to use the $83.3 million judgment she won in a defamation lawsuit. Those funds.
“I’m not going to waste a penny on this,” Carroll told The New York Times from his lawyer’s office on Saturday. “We’re going to do something good with it.”
“Now I can buy high-end dog food,” she added, promising at least some luxury for her pets, a Great Pyrenees and a pit bull.
Trump’s interview was his first since a jury on Friday found that Trump maliciously damaged Carroll’s reputation after he made his accusations public in 2019, and he said that Carroll was lying. insisted. Jurors awarded her $18 million in compensation for her personal harm she experienced, and added another $65 million to punish Trump and possibly thwart his social media attacks. Ta.
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E. Jean Carroll appears in federal court in New York on Friday, January 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Another jury concluded last May that Trump was responsible for molesting Carroll in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in 1996. was awarded a judgment of $5 million. If both rulings are correct, Trump would owe her a total of $88.3 million. President Trump and his lawyers have promised to appeal.
Carroll said she and her lawyers are preparing to fight a promised appeal and move forward with a full sentence, but they are also making plans for what to do with the money.
“I can’t say what it is yet. We’re all going to talk and come up with a great plan,” she told the Times.
“I have no idea what Donald Trump will or won’t do in the future,” Carroll said Saturday when asked what he thought would happen next. “I can’t guess.”
Carroll told the Times that she felt “so overwhelmed” when she learned the amount that she “couldn’t feel the elation.”
“This morning, around 8 or 9 o’clock, when we had our first tea, we really settled in and could feel what we had achieved,” Carroll said. “Those jurors felt like they were my brothers and sisters,” she added. “They were just like me. They were New Yorkers.”
Roberta A. Kaplan, Carroll’s lead attorney, argued to the Times that Friday’s decision may cause President Trump to reconsider attacking Carroll on Truth Social.
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On Friday, January 26, 2024, E. Jean Carroll will appear in court in New York after a jury awarded her an additional $83.3 million in damages. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
“He cares about money,” Kaplan said. “And this is a lot of money for Donald Trump. And I don’t think he wants a new sentence for the same amount.”
Shortly after the rulings were read on Friday, President Trump tweeted, “Absolutely ridiculous! I completely disagree with both decisions. I plan to appeal the entire Biden-led witch hunt focused on me and the Republican Party.” Posted on Truth Social. “Our legal system is out of control and being used as a political weapon. They have taken away all of our First Amendment rights.”
Carroll addressed the issue of access to abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year, arguing that her victory over Trump was for all women.
“This victory, more than anything else, planted a flag on the ground for this victory after losing the right to our own bodies in many states, when we needed it most. Women won, and I think that bodes well for the future,” she said.
Carroll sued Trump for defamation in 2019, claiming that his statements about her rape allegations were false and damaged her reputation. The claims ended up being bogged down for years over legal questions about whether Trump was fulfilling his duties as president by denying his allegations. Trump argued that the presidency protects him from liability.
Former President Trump leaves his New York apartment on Friday, January 26, 2024, before closing arguments in his defamation lawsuit begin. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Meanwhile, New York state changed its law to give survivors of sexual abuse new opportunities to file civil lawsuits for assaults that occurred in the distant past. Carroll was one of the first to take advantage of this, filing a new legal claim against Trump, accusing him of raping her. She also filed a lawsuit over what he said about her after she left the White House.
Trump was not criminally charged with sexually assaulting Carroll. Under state law, too much time had passed since the 1996 assault charge to consider criminal charges against him.
During and immediately after the court proceedings, the president and his supporters social media critic Carroll’s past comments that have raised concerns about a recount, including a 2019 CNN interview in which he claimed that “most people” view rape as “sexy” I’m denying it.
Trump, along with his supporters, argued that his hands were tied during the trial because the judge barred some evidence, including an interview with Anderson Cooper, from being presented to the jury.
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In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, President Trump had previously claimed that he still had the Donna Karan dress that Carroll wore on the day of the attack, even though it had not yet been manufactured, and that there was no need for a recount in the case. He said that the schedule may have changed. The judge overseeing the case also said Trump’s lawyers have argued that he did not sexually assault Carroll and that “she fabricated an account of the assault or had a motive to do so.” Forbidden to make claims.
During last year’s trial, Mr. Trump’s lawyers and critics argued that Mr. He pointed out the similarities with the episode of “Han.” During her trial last year, Carroll said she was “aware” of the 2012 episode but had not seen it.
Fox News’ Emma Colton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
