Trump Requests New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case, Calling Damages ‘Excessive’
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In a new filing, Trump is asking for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll assault case to decide whether the $2 million he was ordered to pay in sexual abuse damages is fair.
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The former president's lawyers contended in a court filing that the $5 million verdict was "excessive," and should either be reduced or he should get a new trial.
In a new filing, Trump is asking for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll assault case to decide whether the $2 million he was ordered to pay in sexual abuse damages is fair.
Last month, jurors found the former president liable of sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Now his attorneys want a new trial, arguing the $5 million in damages the court awarded her was excessive.
Donald Trump demanded a new Manhattan sex abuse trial against the writer E. Jean Carroll — claiming she shouldn’t have been awarded millions of dollars because she wasn’t raped, according to a cour…
