A federal court jury in Manhattan ruled this Friday that the former President of the United States, Donald Trumpyou have to pay Elizabeth Jean Carroll a total of 83.3 million dollars (76.7 million euros) in damages as part of the libel lawsuit filed by the author.
Specifically, the tycoon must pay $18.3 million in damages: $11 million to finance a campaign to restore his reputation and another $7.3 million for the emotional damage caused by his statements. He must also pay 65 million in punitive damages.
Judge Lewis KaplanThe judge overseeing the case thanked the jury for their work in reaching the verdict. “My advice to you is that you never reveal that you were part of that jury,” he stressed, CNN reported.
In May, a court ruled that Trump must pay up to $5 million (around €4.5 million) in compensation to Carroll, who filed a new lawsuit against the tycoon seeking $10 million (€9.2 million). demanded compensation.
The case stems from the journalist's 2019 defamation lawsuit filed in state court against the former president for dismissing an initial rape complaint after he said that “she wasn't his type” and that he had done so to sell your book.
The journalist wrote in her book “Why Do We Need Men?” that the tycoon sexually assaulted her in the dressing rooms of a Manhattan store in the mid-1990s. According to her, she met Trump on Fifth Avenue in New York and they went to a lingerie store in Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury department store. where the former president raped her.
This trial comes amid Trump's renewed attempts to return to the White House as he faces other trials, such as his recent indictment for concealing a series of bribes to the adult film actress. Stormy Daniels in exchange for silencing an alleged sexual affair.
