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Trump will appeal $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

Trump will appeal $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

DONALD Trump was handed a stinging defeat on Friday by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll, who said he destroyed her reputation as a trustworthy journalist by denying he raped her. Jurors needed less than three hours to reach a verdict in Manhattan federal court following a five-day trial. The sum that the former U.S. president was ordered to pay far exceeded the minimum $10 million Carroll had sought. Trump plans to appeal. Carroll's case has become an issue in Trump's campaign to retake the White House in the November U.S. election. Trump…
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Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation after jury finds he sexually abused her

Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation after jury finds he sexually abused her

FORMER U.S. President Donald Trump sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape after a jury in a civil trial found that he sexually abused her. Trump's counterclaim against Carroll in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury's unusual finding in May that he sexually abused and defamed but did not rape Carroll, a former Elle magazine advice columnist. Trump seeks a retraction as well as unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that Trump's filing was "nothing more than his latest effort to delay accountability" for the jury's verdict. "Donald…
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Judge in Donald Trump rape case warns against inciteful statements

Judge in Donald Trump rape case warns against inciteful statements

LUC COHEN, JACK QUEEN and JONATHAN STEMPEL THE judge in former President Donald Trump's rape case ordered lawyers at the start of a civil trial to keep their clients and witnesses from making public statements that could lead to violence. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan admonished them before seating nine jurors who will weigh whether Trump raped former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s - and defamed her by denying it happened. Opening statements were scheduled to begin later on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The trial is expected to…
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