Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3 million in a defamation case against a woman who accused him of sexual assault, with the former US president saying her allegations were false.
The court said Trump must pay $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages.
Jurors heard closing arguments in the case earlier, where E. Jean Carroll's attorney told them that Trump should pay
“Dear” to discredit her.
The jury found Trump card He was responsible last year for sexually assaulting Ms. Carroll at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York in the mid-1990s and defaming her after she wrote about the incident.
The trial, which ended today, focused only on the compensation that the former American president will have to pay in exchange for defaming her.
The amount is much larger than the $10 million that Ms. Carroll was seeking.
The former Elle magazine advice columnist accused Trump of destroying her reputation as a trustworthy journalist by accusing her of lying about the rape allegations.
The 80-year-old said Trump's comments caused her to face years of constant attacks, including death threats.
The former president's lawyer said Carroll didn't deserve any money, claiming she enjoyed the attention and suffered no professional or emotional damage after Trump called her a liar.
Trump (77 years old) accused Carroll of fabricating this meeting to boost sales of her memoirs, and stressed that he had never heard of her.
He also attacked Ms. Carroll during the trial and at the campaign trial, declaring her case a “witch hunt” and a “hoax.”
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Last May, another jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million over a similar denial in October 2022, finding that he had defamed and sexually assaulted her.
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