Federal judge denies Trump motion for new trial in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
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“Mr. Trump’s continued defamation of Ms. Carroll — even during the course of trial — in turn warranted a finding that he would not stop attacking Ms. Carroll unless faced with a significant deterrent, a critical function of substantial punitive damages awards," the judge found.
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A federal judge in New York rejected former President Trump's appeal to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million after a jury decided he must pay damages after he denied allegations he raped her in the 1990s, and denied his request for a new trial.
“Mr. Trump’s continued defamation of Ms. Carroll — even during the course of trial — in turn warranted a finding that he would not stop attacking Ms. Carroll unless faced with a significant deterrent, a critical function of substantial punitive damages awards," the judge found.
The decision came as Trump, the presumed Republican candidate for president, spent the day in a criminal courtroom where he is on trial for hush money payments.
A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store…
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump and denied the former president’s motion for a new trial.
A federal judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request for a new trial in the civil suit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who was awarded an $83.3 million judgment.
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