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Trump fails to overturn $5m damages award to E Jean Carroll for defamation (www.theguardian.com)

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Donald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career.

A US appeals court in New York City on Friday denied Trump’s request to reconsider its decision in December to uphold the jury’s award of $5m to Carroll. The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting.

Carroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of attacking her around 1996 in a department store dressing room in Manhattan. In 2023, a civil jury trial concluded that Trump did sexually abuse her and then defamed her in 2022 when he denied the allegations as a hoax and said that Carroll was “not my type”.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's only about 500,000 $TRUMP, I think he ought to be good for it

(Edited: I misread the price. How is one of those shitcoins worth $10?)

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Because the people who pump it are worth less than that? Dunno. Back of the napkin math.