2024-01-26 21:57:29
A Manhattan federal court jury determined this Friday that the former president of the United States Donald Trump must pay to Elisabeth Jean Carroll a total of 83.3 million dollars (76.7 million euros) in damages in the context of the lawsuit defamation presented by the writer.
Specifically, the tycoon must pay $18.3 million in compensatory damages: 11 million to finance a campaign to repair his reputation and another 7.3 million for the emotional damage caused by his statements. You will also have to pay 65 million in punitive damages.
Judge Lewis Kaplan, in charge of the case, thanked the jury for their work in reaching the verdict. “My advice to you is that you never reveal that you have been part of this jury.”he highlighted, as reported by CNN.
In May, a court established that Trump must pay up to $5 million (around €4.5 million) in compensation to Carroll, who filed a new lawsuit against the magnate, requesting $10 million (€9.2 million). euros) in damages.
The case dates back to legal challenge filed by the journalist in 2019 before a state court against the former president for defamation due to the way in which had denied a first complaint of rape after saying that “she wasn’t his type” and that he was doing it to sell his book.
The journalist wrote in her book ‘Why do we need men?’ that the tycoon sexually assaulted her in the fitting rooms of a Manhattan store in the mid-90s. According to her, she met Trump on Fifth Avenue in New York and they went to a lingerie store in Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury department store, where the former president raped her. .
This trial comes amid Trump’s renewed attempts to return to the White House as faces other legal processes, such as his recent indictment for concealing a series of bribes paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for silencing an alleged sexual affair.
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