Trump Asks Judge to Stop E. Jean Carroll's Defamation Case
The jury awarded Ms. Carroll $5 million in damages, and soon after the verdict, Mr. Trump made similar disparaging comments in a CNN program and on social media. Ms. Carroll, 79, asked the judge to punish him further in a parallel case that is still open before him.
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What was Donald Trump's response to the additional damages sought by E. Jean Carroll?
Mr. Trump's new court filing came in that case, which Ms. Carroll had filed in 2019. In it, she accused Mr. Trump of defaming her after she publicly disclosed the attack for the first time, in a New York magazine article. At the time, Mr. Trump called her accusation "totally false," and said he could not have raped her because she was not his "type." That 2019 defamation lawsuit has been tied up in appeals and is still pending.
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What was the previous outcome of the civil suit between E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump?
Ms. Carroll's lead lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, said in a statement Monday evening that nothing about the verdict in the recent trial was inconsistent with Ms. Carroll's longstanding claim.
"The jury unanimously found that Donald Trump forcibly inserted his fingers into E. Jean Carroll's vagina and then lied about it, defaming her when he said that he did not know who she was, had never met her at Bergdorf Goodman, and that she had made the whole thing up as part of a 'con job' or a 'hoax,'" Ms. Kaplan said.
She added: "The jury believed E. Jean Carroll when she testified that Trump sexually abused her. As a result, the jury concluded that Trump knowingly lied about Ms. Carroll when he claimed otherwise."