Donald Trump Loses Defamation Trial – E. Jean Carroll Awarded $80 Million
In a significant legal development, former President Donald Trump has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist. Carroll accused Trump of damaging her reputation by denying her rape allegation. The verdict was reached swiftly, with the jury awarding $18.3 million in compensatory damages and an additional $65 million in punitive damages.
The legal battle between E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump began in 2019 when Carroll sued Trump for defamation. Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s at a luxury department store in Manhattan. Trump vehemently denied the accusation, claiming that he had never met Carroll and that she fabricated the story for publicity. In the first trial, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abu...