Carroll filed his lawsuit in 2022. She alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1995. He first revealed it publicly in 2019 in his book “What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal”.
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Trump, as president and later as a private citizen, called the alleged relationship with Carroll a fabrication he invented to boost sales of his book. “She's not my type,” he argued.
A jury of seven men and two women deliberated for about 2 hours and 45 minutes on Friday. He found that Trump should pay Carroll $18.3 million in damages — $11 million to finance the campaign to repair his reputation and $7.3 million for emotional harm caused by his public statements. He also said Trump must pay $65 million in fines for acting maliciously while testifying about Carroll.
Eight times more than the amount sought by the writer in the original case.
“Absolutely ridiculous!” — Trump emphasized in a statement shortly after the verdict was announced and announced an appeal. “Our legal system is out of control and being used as a political weapon,” he asserted.
As CNN reminds us, last May, a separate jury in Manhattan awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in damages — including nearly $3 million for defamation, alleging that Trump sexually abused Carroll and then defamed her through public statements in 2022. and denying the allegations.
Judge Lewis Kaplan instructed jurors to speak publicly about their deliberations, but not to reveal the identities of any of them.
“Never reveal that you are a member of this jury,” he insisted.
A judge previously ruled that Carroll was telling the truth about the attack. He characterized reports that refuted Trump's claims as defamatory. He added, “Usually when people are held accountable for false and defamatory lies, they stop doing it.” “(Trump) defamed Ms. Carroll while the investigation was pending,” Kaplan noted.
The closing defense speech was delivered by the former president's lawyer, Alina Haba. He argued that Carroll failed to prove a “causal connection” between Trump's statement and the harassment. The lawyer announced that the writer should receive at least $24 million in damages.
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