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Trump’s lawyers seek to suspend M defamation verdict, citing ‘strong probability’ it won’t stand

Trump’s lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing ‘strong probability’ it won’t stand

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a “strong probability” that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated. The lawyers made the request in Manhattan federal court, where a civil jury in late January awarded the sum to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after a five-day trial that focused only on damages. A judge had ordered the jury to accept the findings of another jury that last year concluded Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022. The second jury focused only on statements Trump made in 2019 while he was president in a case long delayed by appeals. In the filing Friday, Trump’s lawyers wrote that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan should suspend the execution of a judgment he issued on Feb. 8 until a month after he resolves Trump’s post-trial motions, which will be filed by March 7. Otherwise, they said, he should grant a partially secured stay that …

“We’re watching”: E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer says she may sue Trump for a third time after M ruling

“We’re watching”: E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer says she may sue Trump for a third time after $83M ruling

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E. Jean Carroll’s legal team is “watching” and “listening” for any murmurs about their client from former President Donald Trump after his latest attempt to deny knowing the ex-Elle columnist, Carroll’s attorney Shawn Crowley told MSNBC Monday. Host Jen Psaki argued that Trump “came awfully close to defaming” Carroll over the weekend when he said to supporters, “Who the hell is she? Who is the woman?” The former president “knows exactly who your client is,” Psaki told the attorney, asking whether Carroll’s lawyers pay attention to Trump’s comments and whether they could lead to a third lawsuit. “We certainly watch them. It’s hard not to,” Crowley replied. “Every time Donald Trump speaks, you know, I think as we said at trial many times, he has the biggest megaphone in the world, and so everyone hears them, including us and including our client, E. Jean Carroll. And as you said, what he said was absolutely a lie.” Crowley went on to note the rulings in Carroll’s two lawsuits against Trump as evidence he knows her. A jury last …

Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll m in damages

Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83m in damages

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Ms Habba said her client had “abided by this corrupt system we have seen,” and said the judge had edited the questions Mr Trump could be asked on the stand as well as the answers. “This is wrong, this is wrong, but we are in the state of New York, before a New York jury, and that is why we are seeing these witch hunts.” Mr Trump, who was not required to attend the civil lawsuit proceedings, had appeared agitated all morning, vigorously shaking his head as Ms Carroll’s lawyer branded him a liar who had incited a “social media mob” to attack her client. The unexpected departure prompted Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is not related to E J Carroll’s lawyer, to speak up, briefly interrupting the closing argument to say: “The record will reflect that Mr Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom.”  Mr Trump did not return for the reminder of the closing argument but was present in court when his legal team began making their case. Threatened to send lawyer …

“Legal System Out Of Control” – Trump Rages At M Damages In (Second) Carroll Defamation Case

“Legal System Out Of Control” – Trump Rages At $83M Damages In (Second) Carroll Defamation Case

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Former President Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3 million in E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation trial. Trump-@ejeancarroll verdict says Carroll proved more than nominal defamation by Trump.So Trump has to pay:$7.3 million for compensatory damages.$11 million for reputation repair.$65 million in punitive damages.Total: $83.3 million. — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 26, 2024 Carroll accused Trump of having sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s at a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan. While the alleged attack happened decades ago, Carroll sued under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which allows victims to sue for civil damages beyond the statute of limitations. “I am filing this on behalf of every woman who has ever been harassed, assaulted, silenced, or spoken up only to be shamed, fired, ridiculed and belittled,” Carrol said last year. Notably, the judge in the case (Kaplan), forbade Trump or his attorneys from arguing that he didn’t sexually assault Carroll. The judge reminded the jury to accept the earlier trial’s verdict. When he noted the trial established Trump “inserted his finger into …