(Reuters) – ABC Information has agreed to present $15 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over feedback that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case introduced in opposition to Trump by author E. Jean Carroll, a court docket doc filed on Saturday confirmed.
The lawsuit, filed on March 19 in U.S. District Courtroom in Southern Florida, accused Stephanopoulos of creating the statements with malice and a disregard for the reality. It mentioned the statements had been distributed extensively to 3rd events and repeated.
Representatives for ABC couldn’t be instantly reached.
The lawsuit cites a March 10 interview with U.S. Consultant Nancy Mace, a Republican who has spoken publicly about being raped as an adolescent. Throughout the interview, Stephanopoulos mentioned Trump was discovered answerable for rape and requested her how she may endorse the candidate.
