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Trump Legal Team Seeks to Reverse Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case

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New York – Lawyers representing former President Donald Trump are pushing to have a recent jury decision, which found him guilty of sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll, overturned. This aggressive legal challenge comes in the wake of the jury’s awarding Carroll $5 million in damages after concluding that Trump had both defamed her and subjected her to sexual assault in the early 1990s. Carroll initially brought her accusations to the forefront in her 2019 book, where she described a harrowing encounter with Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. According to Carroll, … Read more

Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against ABC Moves Forward Following Carroll Case Verdict

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New York — Following a jury’s decision favoring E. Jean Carroll in her defamation suit, former President Donald Trump finds himself contending with the legal repercussions as a separate defamation case he filed against ABC News moves forward. In this case, Trump alleges that ABC News defamed him by unfairly representing his remarks and actions in their news coverage. The genesis of this legal battle lies in previous accusations made by Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, who claimed that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1996 at a Manhattan department store. After Carroll went … Read more

Former President Trump’s $92 million bond approved by judge in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been ordered by a federal judge to put up a $92 million bond to secure a jury award for writer E. Jean Carroll, should it survive appeals. The bond was approved by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday, following an agreement among lawyers that there was no dispute about it. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican 2024 presidential race, offered the bond as his legal team appeals the verdict to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. Over the weekend, at a campaign rally, … Read more

Judge Approves Trump’s $92 Million Bond for E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case, Securing Future Award

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NEW YORK — A judge in New York has approved former President Donald Trump’s $92 million bond to cover a defamation award in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll. The decision allows the legal proceedings to move forward and brings Trump one step closer to potentially having to pay damages to Carroll, a writer who alleges he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Carroll filed a lawsuit against Trump in 2019, claiming that he defamed her by publicly denying her allegations and calling her a liar. In response, Trump’s legal team sought to delay … Read more