Trump ordered to pay big $83m settlement for defaming author
Former US President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay a large $83million settlement for making defamatory statements towards a journalist.
Writer E. Jean Carroll is ready to profit from the ruling following Trump’s feedback in 2019. Trump denied her rape allegations a Manhattan federal jury decided Friday (January 26). The resolution was reached within the civil defamation trial after the jury debated how a lot damages, if any, he ought to pay, in keeping with a court docket official.
Seven males and two ladies deliberated for about 2 hours 45 minutes to succeed in the decision earlier right this moment. Carroll’s legal professional argued in her closing argument that her consumer ought to obtain at the least $24 million in damages.
trump left the courthouse in his motorcade round 4 pm and isn’t required to be current in court docket. A monitor and two rows laid in entrance of E. Jean Carroll Donald Trump through the listening to as closing arguments had been heard. Trump was current for E. Jean Carroll’s legal professional Shawn Crowley, who stated in her closing assertion: “He gets to lie.
“He will get to threaten. He will get to disregard a jury verdict. He will get to defy the regulation and the foundations of this courtroom. You noticed how he behaved by this trial. Rules don’t apply to Donald Trump.”
“Ladies and gentleman, this isn’t a campaign rally. It’s not a press event. It’s a court of law and Miss Carroll’s life,” Crowley said. “Donald Trump sexually assaulted her. He defamed her. He is not the victim.”
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