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submitted 10 months ago by Riccosuave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

The nine-person jury began deliberations in federal court in New York at 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just under three hours.

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[-] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 18 points 10 months ago

Badda Bing, Badda Boom.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

She will never see a dime. He gets away with it again, and he will continue to until he is actually taken into custody.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Any news on what the legal costs have been?

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

NYT reported $60 million back in August.

Trump said his legal fees were close to $100 million while campaigning in Iowa in late October.

The truth is that nobody really knows the hard total, though based on available information it seems like it could be upwards of $5 million per month on average.

[-] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

Will he actually pay, though? There’s not a shred of honor in this guy, so I’m guessing the “check’s in the mail” until long after all the players are gone.

[-] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

So can someone who knows tell me: how likely is it that she collects this?

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[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

Trump had already been found liable for defaming Carroll while he was president by mocking her allegation that he'd sexually abused her, so this jury was only tasked with determining how much she should be paid in damages.

Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan asked the jury for at least $24 million in compensatory damages for the harm she suffered and “lots and lots of money” in punitive damages to stop him from continuing to defame her.

Trump's attorney Alina Habba contended that Carroll “had failed to show she is entitled to any damages at all” because she "actively sought the comments and the attention" she received.

A different jury last year found Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a New York City department store in the 1990s and for defaming her by mocking her claims after he left the White House.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan found Trump liable for defamation in the current case based on that jury's findings.


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[-] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 5 points 10 months ago

[Nelson voice] Haw Haw!

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Same link got submitted within minutes of each other, need to pick which one stays and which ones go.

Keeping the one with the most upvotes and comments, congratulations! A winner is you!

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