New York: Former American Magazine Columnist E Jean Carroll — Whom Donald Trump owes $5 million for a 1990s sexual assault for which a civil jury found him liable — is seeking new damages, accusing the former president of further defaming her after the verdict in that civil case .
“He’s a weirdo,” the 2024 Republican primary candidate said on CNN the day a New York jury found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming an Elle magazine writer earlier this month.
those comments — with Trump Saying that Carroll was telling a “made-up story” and that she did not know him—further constitutes an “outrageous statement”, Carroll’s lawyers argue.
In response, her lawyers filed an amended complaint in a 2019 defamation lawsuit Carroll had already brought against Trump — a separate, still-pending case separate from the May 9 ruling.
The complaint states, “Trump’s defamatory statements following the verdict show the depth of his hatred toward Carroll because it is difficult to imagine defamatory conduct that could possibly be motivated more by hatred, malice or malice.”
“This conduct warrants a very significant punitive damages award in favor of Carroll to punish Trump, deter him from engaging in further defamation, and deter others from doing the same.”
The day before the CNN broadcast, a jury found the former president liable in a civil case for sexually assaulting Carroll, who said Trump raped her in a changing room at a New York department store in the 1990s .
The jury dismissed Carroll’s charge of rape, but found Trump liable for sexual assault and subsequent defamation, calling it an “outright act of fraud” after he came forward with the allegations.
Trump denied the allegations and appealed the verdict. Carroll’s trial cannot lead to a criminal case.
Monday’s amended complaint is part of a separate defamation case — one that has been delayed by procedural battles, including whether Trump was protected by presidential immunity from comments made about Carroll in 2019 because she Was in the White House at that time.
“He’s a weirdo,” the 2024 Republican primary candidate said on CNN the day a New York jury found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming an Elle magazine writer earlier this month.
those comments — with Trump Saying that Carroll was telling a “made-up story” and that she did not know him—further constitutes an “outrageous statement”, Carroll’s lawyers argue.
In response, her lawyers filed an amended complaint in a 2019 defamation lawsuit Carroll had already brought against Trump — a separate, still-pending case separate from the May 9 ruling.
The complaint states, “Trump’s defamatory statements following the verdict show the depth of his hatred toward Carroll because it is difficult to imagine defamatory conduct that could possibly be motivated more by hatred, malice or malice.”
“This conduct warrants a very significant punitive damages award in favor of Carroll to punish Trump, deter him from engaging in further defamation, and deter others from doing the same.”
The day before the CNN broadcast, a jury found the former president liable in a civil case for sexually assaulting Carroll, who said Trump raped her in a changing room at a New York department store in the 1990s .
The jury dismissed Carroll’s charge of rape, but found Trump liable for sexual assault and subsequent defamation, calling it an “outright act of fraud” after he came forward with the allegations.
Trump denied the allegations and appealed the verdict. Carroll’s trial cannot lead to a criminal case.
Monday’s amended complaint is part of a separate defamation case — one that has been delayed by procedural battles, including whether Trump was protected by presidential immunity from comments made about Carroll in 2019 because she Was in the White House at that time.