Trump ordered to pay $83m in damages in defamation trial

Trump ordered to pay $83m in damages in defamation trial

By Navitalai Naivalurua
Saturday 27/01/2024
Former US President Donald Trump ( Source:NY Post)

The jury has reached a decision in former US President Donald Trump’s defamation trial brought by the writer E Jean Carroll, where he has been ordered to pay a total of US$83.3m (£65.6m).

This includes US$18.3m in compensation damages and US$65m in punitive damages.

Trump was in court on Friday for closing arguments - but was not in the room when the verdict was read out.

A jury in a previous civil fraud trial found Carroll was sexually abused by Trump in the 1990s, but this case is about comments he made in 2019 while he was president.

A judge has already ruled Trump's statements were defamatory, and the jury is now deciding how much Trump must pay in damages.

Carroll is seeking US$24m (£18m), saying the comments harmed her reputation and unleashed a torrent of death threats. Trump denies any wrongdoing and says he never instructed anyone to harm her.

The case is one of several legal issues unfolding against Trump while he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.

 BBC

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