Donald Trump shouldn’t be getting off the hook for the $5 million a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll in 2023 after they discovered Trump answerable for sexual abuse … ‘trigger a federal court docket simply upheld the judgment.
The USA Courtroom of Appeals for the Second Circuit made their resolution Monday … explaining the choose didn’t abuse his discretion when ruling on the proof of the case.
The court docket has additionally denied Trump’s request for a brand new trial. In response to CNN, the court docket additionally dominated that even when the choose had made errors, it is unlikely to have swayed the case sufficient to warrant a brand new trial due to the power of Carroll’s proof.
Value noting … a jury additionally decided Trump should pay Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her — one other judgment Trump is interesting.
Should you do not bear in mind … Carroll sued Trump for battery and defamation, claiming Trump raped her again in 1996 in a Manhattan division retailer dressing room. The jury discovered him liable of sexually abusing and defaming however stopped wanting discovering him answerable for rape.
The president-elect has repeatedly denied the allegations leveled in opposition to him by Carroll … blasting all of it as a “hoax.”
Trump sat for a deposition in October 2022 for the case … clarifying his notorious “Access Hollywood” sizzling mic second the place he mentioned stars “can do anything, grab them by the p****. You can do anything.”
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Unsurprisingly, Trump is not backing down after this enchantment … together with his spokesperson Steven Cheung confirming extra appeals are coming — and calling Carroll’s swimsuit one of many many “Witch Hunts” going through DJT.
Cheung tells TMZ … “The American People have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate, and they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which will continue to be appealed. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again.”
