A federal judge in New York has denied E-Jean Carroll’s request for a new trial after a jury ruled he must pay damages after he denied rape allegations in the 1990s. , rejected Trump’s appeal to pay him $83.3 million.
A federal jury in January awarded Trump $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages.
Mr. Trump and his defense team argued that the court had restricted his testimony during the trial and that Mr. Trump’s comments about her allegations were “to protect his reputation, to protect his family, to protect the office of president.” filed a motion for rehearing. ”
Trump lawyers file motion for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case
In their motion for a new trial, Trump’s lawyers argued that the court significantly limited the former president’s testimony, which influenced the jury’s verdict.
Trump’s lawyers said he made the comments about Carroll to “protect his reputation, protect his family and protect his presidency.”
Trump’s lawyers also filed an injunction against the $83.3 million judgment.
A federal jury has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay E-Jean Carroll more than $83 million in damages after he denied an allegation that he raped her in the 1990s. (Getty Images)
A federal jury in New York City ruled last year that Trump was not responsible for rape but was responsible for sexual abuse and defamation. The former president was ordered to pay $5 million in that case.
Carroll was seeking $12 million, alleging that Trump raped her sometime in 1996 at the Bergdorf Goodman department store across from Trump Tower in Manhattan.
President Trump orders E. Jean Carroll to pay more than $80 million in defamation case
Trump, the leading Republican candidate in 2024, has repeatedly and vehemently denied the allegations. His denials led to Trump being slapped with a defamation lawsuit, accusing Carroll’s response of damaging her reputation.
The jury found that Carroll was injured by comments made by President Trump in June 2019 while he was at the White House.
The jury awarded Carroll $7.3 million in non-reputational remediation program damages and $11 million in reputation remediation program damages. The jury found that Trump’s comments were intended to harm Carroll and awarded her $65 million in punitive damages. In total, the jury said Carroll should be awarded $83.3 million.
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