Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment
by ABC News
ABC News— A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid for a new trial in a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
Reading Eagle—Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case. By KAREN MATTHEWS (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her […]
The Washington Times—Judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case. A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store a lie.
CNN—Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s motion for a new trial. A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump and denied Trump’s motion for a new trial. Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a written opinion, said Trump’s legal arguments are without merit. The judge also found that the punitive damages the jury awarded to Carroll “passes constitutional muster.” Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleged Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s and then...