Trump ordered to pay writer Carroll $83.3m in defamation case
2024-01-27 08:37:06 source：CGTN
Janurary 27, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defamatory statements he made against her in 2019, a Manhattan federal jury determined on Friday.
The nine New Yorkers – two women and seven men – ordered Trump to pay Carroll $11 million for a reputational repair program, $7.3 million in other compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages. The total is more than eight times what Carroll asked for in her initial lawsuit.
Trump left the courthouse minutes before the verdict and was not inside the room when the jury returned.
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