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MAGA millions Trump slammed with $83M verdict for repeatedly defaming advice columnist E. Jean Carroll just hours after storming out of court
“This case is about getting him to stop, once and for all,” Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan had told jurors in closing arguments Friday morning.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/26/metro/trump-hit-with-83m-verdict-for-repeatedly-defaming-e-jean-carroll/
Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay a whopping $83.3 million in damages for defaming E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist whom a prior jury found that Trump sexually assaulted inside a department store fitting room.
The jury verdict was broken down into $65 million meant to punish Trump, $11 million to help Carroll rebuild her reputation and another $7.3 million to compensate her for her pain and suffering.
Trump — who had already left court when the decision came down — vowed to appeal and blasted the verdict as “Absolutely ridiculous!” in a Truth Social post roughly 20 minutes later.
Meanwhile, Carroll said it was “a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down.”
The verdict, handed down Friday by a separate jury of five men and four women in Manhattan federal court, includes $65 million in damages meant to punish the billionaire ex-president, 77, for acting “out of hatred, ill will, or spite” by claiming to have “never met” Carroll — even after jurors last May found him liable for abusing the writer inside a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman in 1996.
“This case is about getting him to stop, once and for all,” Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan had told jurors in closing arguments Friday morning.
Trump was also ordered to pay $11 million toward Carroll rebuilding her reputation after Trump claimed in June 2019 — within hours of Carroll going public with her allegations — that the “Ask E Jean” columnist was a “whack job” who should “pay dearly” for accusing him.
“This case is about getting him to stop, once and for all,” Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan had told jurors in closing arguments Friday morning.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/26/metro/trump-hit-with-83m-verdict-for-repeatedly-defaming-e-jean-carroll/
Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay a whopping $83.3 million in damages for defaming E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist whom a prior jury found that Trump sexually assaulted inside a department store fitting room.
The jury verdict was broken down into $65 million meant to punish Trump, $11 million to help Carroll rebuild her reputation and another $7.3 million to compensate her for her pain and suffering.
Trump — who had already left court when the decision came down — vowed to appeal and blasted the verdict as “Absolutely ridiculous!” in a Truth Social post roughly 20 minutes later.
Meanwhile, Carroll said it was “a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down.”
The verdict, handed down Friday by a separate jury of five men and four women in Manhattan federal court, includes $65 million in damages meant to punish the billionaire ex-president, 77, for acting “out of hatred, ill will, or spite” by claiming to have “never met” Carroll — even after jurors last May found him liable for abusing the writer inside a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman in 1996.
“This case is about getting him to stop, once and for all,” Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan had told jurors in closing arguments Friday morning.
Trump was also ordered to pay $11 million toward Carroll rebuilding her reputation after Trump claimed in June 2019 — within hours of Carroll going public with her allegations — that the “Ask E Jean” columnist was a “whack job” who should “pay dearly” for accusing him.
