Former President Trump labeled E. Jean Carroll “Miss Bergdorf Goodman” in an interview on Monday, and bail was set at $9,163 in defamation suit against Carroll, even as Trump appeals the recent ruling. He expressed dissatisfaction with having to pay the full amount of $10,000.
Trump tried to delay or reduce the amount of his bail, but finally paid it in full on Friday, hours after a judge rejected his latest attempt to delay Monday’s deadline. .
Mr. Trump, who posted bail, is currently seeking a stay of the sentence as he appeals the sentence, which Mr. Trump also filed on Friday.
“If I don’t win an appeal against these stupid decisions, if I don’t win an appeal, that would be the stupidest decision ever, and if I didn’t win an appeal, that would be the stupidest decision, and I would never have met a person named Bergdorf Goodman who I have never met. , I’ve never met her and I have no idea who she is,” President Trump said of Carroll in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Tuesday morning, but did not mention her by name. .
“Except for one thing. I got sued. From that point on I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.’ What is this. I have been charged. I was wrongly convicted and had to pay $91 million in bail on a false charge,” Trump continued.
In January, a federal jury in New York found Trump guilty of defaming advice columnist Carroll in 2019, denying Carroll’s claims that he was sexually assaulted by the former president decades ago. ordered to pay $10,000.
Another jury found Trump responsible for sexually abusing Carroll last year, and the former president was fined $5.5 million in cash. President Trump’s reference to Bergdorf Goodman was a nod to the department store where Carroll said a sexual assault took place decades ago.
At a rally in Georgia this weekend, President Trump made similar comments about Carroll, expressing frustration at having to post bond and accusing Carroll of false accusations against him. I accused him of being there.
“I just posted $91 million in bail, which is completely fabricated,” President Trump said. “Ninety-one million is based on false accusations made about me by a woman I know nothing about.” ” he added. I didn’t know, I’d never heard of it. I don’t know anything about her. She wrote her book. She said many things. And when I denied it, she said, “That’s so crazy.” That’s a lie.” You can sue for defamation. It starts from there. ”
Mr. Trump set bail on Friday at $91.63 million, 110% of the damages, in line with normal practice, hours after a judge rejected Mr. Trump’s latest attempt to delay Monday’s looming deadline. paid.
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