$11 million of this amount should go to finance a campaign to restore reputation, $7.3 million to cover moral damages, and another $65 million are fines for malicious actions against Carroll. Thus, the total amount is several times higher than what the New York court awarded to the writer last year in the same case. At the time, it was a $5 million deal, the court ruled that Trump had sexually assaulted Carroll and then slandered her and publicly denied her accusations. The ex-president then appealed the court decision.
This time, as the politician’s lawyers said, an appeal will also be filed. Trump himself called the decision “absolutely ridiculous” and stated his disagreement with the verdict.
“This is a great victory for every woman who gets up when she is knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who tried to hold a woman down,” the writer said after the decision.
“Voice of America”, 01/27/2024, “Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defamation of Jean Carroll”: The jury made its decision after just under three hours of deliberation. […] Trump had been in court earlier, left the courtroom at one point, and then returned for arguments. He was not in the courtroom when the court reporter announced the amounts of compensatory and punitive damages. […] Trump, who a jury found guilty of sexually assaulting Carroll in a separate federal civil case in New York, used his Truth Social platform to send a series of offensive messages attacking Carroll, the trial and the judge, whom he called “an extremely violent individual.” ”
During Trump’s testimony, Judge Lewis Kaplan limited him to three questions from his lawyers to which he could answer only “yes” or “no” – a precaution taken to prevent the Republican leader from returning to his habit of publicly disparaging the court or Carroll.
“This is not America,” Trump said as he left the courtroom after his brief remarks. He was not required to attend the trial or testify. But he has used the case, like others he has faced, to generate intense media coverage and fuel his claims that he is the victim of a “witch hunt” as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November election . — Insert K.ru
The episode in which Carroll blamed Trump took place in 1996 in the fitting room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store. According to the writer, a businessman asked her for help in choosing a gift for a certain woman. They went to the department store, to the lingerie department. According to Carroll, the billionaire asked her to try on a transparent peignoir. She jokingly tossed the lace set to Trump, asking for the same. The tycoon then took her into a vacant fitting room, where he hit her head twice against the wall, Carroll said.
Trump denied not only these accusations, but also the very fact of meeting the writer. However, in May 2023, the court ordered him to pay Carroll almost $3 million for moral damages and another $2 million in a civil suit for battery. Trump called the court’s decision a “total disgrace” and “a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time” and filed an appeal days later.
BFM.ru, 01/28/2024, “The court ordered Donald Trump to pay $83 million in a case of harassment and libel that dates back almost 30 years”: After publication, the ex-president said that he did not even know Carroll and that she was lying. But early last year she managed to find ten witnesses, and thanks to their testimony, she won the trial. […]
Getting off with a fine is not the worst option for Trump. In the USA, the basis for calculating such fines is the personality and condition of the defendant, hence the amount in this case. But the stakes in the election race are incomparably higher, and, moreover, this trial may even come in handy for Trump, believes Vladimir Vasiliev, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences. — Insert K.ru
Last year, the ex-president became involved in four criminal cases, with a total of 91 counts of criminal charges against him. So far, this fact does not prevent him from participating in the presidential race, in which he could become a candidate from the Republican Party.
Gazeta.Ru, 01.29.2024, “It has become known how much money Trump will lose due to litigation”: Former US President Donald Trump could lose up to 15% of his wealth due to ongoing civil litigation. About it Bloomberg writes.
“Civil damages in New York could reduce Trump’s net worth by 15%. The likely Republican nominee will face mounting legal bills,” the publication said. The agency recalls that last week a jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3 million to writer Jean Carroll for defaming her in 2019. In addition, a civil verdict is expected this week. fraud casein which the court will require Trump to return $370 million in “illegal profits” he allegedly received by “lying to banks about his wealth.”
It is noted that Trump’s exact “financial situation” remains unknown. According to the publication, the prospect of receiving compensation for damages totaling more than $450 million in less than a week “indicates a potential money problem” for the former US president. — Insert K.ru
