E. Gene Carroll Demands $10 Million in Lawsuit Against Trump: NPR
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Followed by Jury verdict awarded $5 million in damages To advise columnist E. Gene Carroll on her allegations that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store fitting room in the 1990s, Carroll scoped out another lawsuit against Trump. He asked the court to expand and seek at least an additional $10 in damages. millions of dollars in damages.
In a series of court filings on Monday, lawyers representing Carroll released information about the ruling and a transcript of Trump’s remarks on CNN “Town Hall,” which aired the following day, May 10. To add, it proposed a series of amendments to the original lawsuit. Jury decisions in other cases.
“I have never met this woman. I have never met this woman,” Trump told CNN. He called Carroll’s story “fake” and “hoax” and called Carroll “a terrible job”.
All of Carroll’s lawsuits center on an incident she claims took place in the spring of 1996 at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan.a chance encounter between two people From flirtatious to traumatic when President Trump took her to the locker room and sexually assaulted hershe says.
Carroll published her memoir in the summer of 2019, revealing the allegations publicly for the first time. What do you need a man for: A modest proposal.
Over the next few days, Trump vehemently denied the allegations. He denied knowing her with Carroll, calling her story “a total false charge” and saying she had made it up to sell more of her own books.
In November 2019, Carroll filed the first lawsuit against President Trump, accusing him of defamation. The case has since been pending in federal court over whether Trump can be sued over his remarks during his presidency. An amendment filed this week is intended to amend the first lawsuit, which originally sought an unspecified amount of damages.
Carroll filed a second lawsuit in November 2022 after the state of New York temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits against sexual assault victims while the first lawsuit remained unresolved. The lawsuit accused Trump of assault, along with another defamation allegation for a denial Trump made in October 2022.
Trial for this second lawsuit began in April. Carroll spent three days on the witness stand testifying in detail about the encounter. Trump did not appear in court and his defense team did not call witnesses.
A nine-member jury failed to hold Trump accountable for “rape,” but found that Trump “sexually abused” Carroll and defamed her in a statement in October 2022. agreed unanimously. Carol was sentenced to $2 million for sexual abuse and $3 million for defamation.
President Trump continues to deny the allegations and is appealing the verdict.
In a separate letter to the judge overseeing the case, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote that President Trump would “in retaliation file another lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll and possibly seek sanctions.” threatened,” he said.
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Writer E. Gene Carroll left a Manhattan court earlier this month after a jury found former President Donald Trump responsible for sexually abusing him at a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
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Writer E. Gene Carroll left a Manhattan court earlier this month after a jury found former President Donald Trump responsible for sexually abusing him at a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
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Followed by Jury verdict awarded $5 million in damages To advise columnist E. Gene Carroll on her allegations that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store fitting room in the 1990s, Carroll scoped out another lawsuit against Trump. He asked the court to expand and seek at least an additional $10 in damages. millions of dollars in damages. In a series of court filings on Monday, lawyers representing Carroll released information about the ruling and a transcript of Trump’s remarks on CNN “Town Hall,” which aired the following day, May 10. To add, it proposed a series of amendments to the original lawsuit. Jury decisions in other cases. “I have never met this woman. I have never met this woman,” Trump told CNN. He called Carroll’s story “fake” and “hoax” and called Carroll “a terrible job”.
All of Carroll’s lawsuits center on an incident she claims took place in the spring of 1996 at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan.a chance encounter between two people From flirtatious to traumatic when President Trump took her to the locker room and sexually assaulted hershe says. Carroll published her memoir in the summer of 2019, revealing the allegations publicly for the first time. What do you need a man for: A modest proposal. Over the next few days, Trump vehemently denied the allegations. He denied knowing her with Carroll, calling her story “a total false charge” and saying she had made it up to sell more of her own books.
In November 2019, Carroll filed the first lawsuit against President Trump, accusing him of defamation. The case has since been pending in federal court over whether Trump can be sued over his remarks during his presidency. An amendment filed this week is intended to amend the first lawsuit, which originally sought an unspecified amount of damages. Carroll filed a second lawsuit in November 2022 after the state of New York temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits against sexual assault victims while the first lawsuit remained unresolved. The lawsuit accused Trump of assault, along with another defamation allegation for a denial Trump made in October 2022. Trial for this second lawsuit began in April. Carroll spent three days on the witness stand testifying in detail about the encounter. Trump did not appear in court and his defense team did not call witnesses.
A nine-member jury failed to hold Trump accountable for “rape,” but found that Trump “sexually abused” Carroll and defamed her in a statement in October 2022. agreed unanimously. Carol was sentenced to $2 million for sexual abuse and $3 million for defamation. President Trump continues to deny the allegations and is appealing the verdict. In a separate letter to the judge overseeing the case, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote that President Trump would “in retaliation file another lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll and possibly seek sanctions.” threatened,” he said.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177709860/e-jean-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-trump-10-million E. Gene Carroll Demands $10 Million in Lawsuit Against Trump: NPR