WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 11) appealed a New York jury's verdict in a civil case that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday awarded Carroll, 79, US$5 million (S$6.6 million) in damages. Carroll, sued Trump, 76, in 2022 with her allegation that he raped...
Roberta Kaplan, lawyer of former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, makes closing arguments during a civil rape accusation case against former US President Donald Trump in New York, US, May 8, 2023.WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday appealed a New York jury's verdict in a civil case that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll.
Court records showed on Thursday that Trump notified the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals that he was appealing the verdict, as his lawyer Joseph Tacopina previously said he would. Carroll, a former columnist at Elle magazine, said in television interviews on Wednesday that she felt "fantastic" after the verdict. During three days of testimony during the trial, she said Trump coaxed her into a dressing room, slammed her head into a wall, pulled down her tights and penetrated her.She also said the 2022 post on Truth Social in which Trump called her claims a "hoax and a lie" harmed her reputation.
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