2023-05-09 22:35:07
A jury on Friday ordered former President Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in a civil lawsuit in which he sexually assaulted columnist Carroll in the 1990s and later defamed her by denying the allegations. and punitive damages. However, the jury rejected Carroll’s rape charges.
Trump has not appeared in court since the trial began on the 25th of last month. In a post on his own social platform TRUTH Social, he denounced the verdict as “very bad” and said “I have no idea who this woman is”.
Trump spokesman Stephen F. Zhang (Steven Cheung) stated that Trump will appeal, and as long as the case is still on appeal, Trump will not have to pay the compensation.
E. Jean Carroll and his lawyers shook hands as the verdict of a nine-member jury was read out in federal court in Manhattan, New York.
Carroll, wearing sunglasses and smiling, left the courthouse with attorney Roberta Kaplan before getting into a car and did not speak to reporters.
Carroll, 79, a former columnist for fashion magazine Elle, sued Trump last year, 76, alleging that Trump was in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996. Bergdorf Goodman sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and later defamed her by denying the allegation.
Carroll is seeking damages for great pain and suffering, lasting psychological trauma and invasion of privacy.
Trump, who served as president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is seeking the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election and currently leads the polls. Trump said Carroll’s allegations were a complete fabrication designed to boost sales of her 2019 memoir.
Trump denied knowing Carroll, calling her sexual assault allegations a “hoax,” insisting Carroll was not his type, and calling it the most absurd and disgusting story.
Experts say the verdict is unlikely to affect Trump’s core supporters, and the negative impact is likely to be small and limited to suburban women and moderate Republicans.
Trump was indicted by a grand jury at the end of March, becoming the first outgoing or current president of the United States to face criminal prosecution on the grounds that he was involved in paying hush money to adult film actress “Storm Daniels” in 2016 in exchange for her keeping silent regarding 2006. He had an extramarital affair with Trump.
He appeared in court on the 4th of last month to face a historic criminal prosecution and pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records derived from the investigation of the hush money case. However, following Trump was indicted, the poll support did not fall but rose. (Translator: Chen Zhengyi) 1120510
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