Writer E. Jean Carroll Could Sue Trump For Defamation Again, Her Lawyer Suggests

An lawyer representing E. Jean Carroll recommended the author may once more sue former President Donald Trump for defamation after he started to launch assaults towards her as soon as extra, regardless of a latest $83.3 million judgment penalizing him for related remarks.

Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lead lawyer, made the feedback after Trump, at a marketing campaign rally in Georgia, complained concerning the $91.6 million bond he posted earlier this month to cowl the $83.3 million jury award for defamation as he appeals the decision. The former president mentioned the decision was “based on false accusations made about me by a woman that I knew nothing about,” including that he “didn’t know” and had “never heard of” Carroll.

“The woman is not a believable person,” Trump instructed the gang of his supporters. He later went on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday to complain as soon as extra, calling the author “Miss Bergdorf Goodman” and saying he had “no idea who she is.”

Kaplan recommended the feedback may warrant a 3rd case towards him. Trump has appealed the newest defamation verdict.

“The statute of limitations for defamation in most jurisdictions is between one and three years,” Kaplan mentioned in an announcement to media retailers on Monday. “As we said after the last jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement that Donald Trump makes about our client.”

Carroll first accused Trump of rape in her 2019 memoir, saying he assaulted her in a dressing room at a Bergdorf Goodman division retailer in 1996. She later sued him for civil damages, and a Manhattan jury discovered Trump chargeable for sexual abuse, saying he owed Carroll $5 million in damages, together with $3 million for defaming her.

But Trump continued to assault the author, calling her a “whack job” and a liar, saying her allegations couldn’t be true as a result of she wasn’t his “type.”

Carroll sued the previous president for defamation once more, and her attorneys requested a choose to impose a penalty giant sufficient to “make him stop,” ensuing within the mammoth verdict in January.

The former president had largely remained quiet on the matter after the judgment however has stepped up his assaults once more on the marketing campaign path after successfully securing the Republican presidential nomination after Super Tuesday.

“I got charged — I was given a false accusation and had to post a $91 million bond on a false accusation,” he mentioned within the interview with CNBC.