Trump sues writer who accused him of rape
- June 28, 2023
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Former US President Donald Trump has filed a libel suit against writer and journalist E. Jean Carroll, who won a libel suit against the former president last May.
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a libel suit against writer and journalist E. Jean Carroll, who won a libel suit against the former president last May.
Trump’s lawyers allege that Carroll slandered the businessman during an interview he gave last May to CNN on the morning after the court sentenced him to pay her $5 million in damages from the mogul, according to a lawsuit filed late Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers allege Carroll slandered the businessman, CNN reported. .
Carroll was asked about the verdict, which alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her but did not rape her as she claims, to which the journalist replied, “Yes, he raped her.”
The complaint comes after a New York judge authorized the writer on June 13 to seek greater damages from former President Trump for some of the bullying he dedicated to him on television in May, a day after losing a defamation trial against her.
Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over that lawsuit, then gave the go-ahead for these recent comments to be included in a separate and prior defamation case in which Carroll is seeking $10 million from the former president.
On May 9, after a civil trial, a jury sentenced Trump to pay $5 million in damages to Carroll for sexually assaulting her years ago and for defamation when she publicly denounced the facts.
The next day at a CNN City Hall meeting, Trump dismissed the guilty verdict, said he did not know Carroll, repeated that her story was “false” and called her “crazy” to applause and laughter from the crowd. from his supporters.
Following these CNN-televisioned taunts, on May 22, Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, petitioned the court to change the 2019 defamation case against Trump, distinct from the case in the lawsuit won, to include these comments.
Trump tried to force a judge to dismiss a 2019 defamation case that involves similar comments he made when he was president and stalled on appeal. EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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