{"id":6652,"date":"2024-04-25T15:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=6652"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:43:17","slug":"trump-loses-latest-attempt-to-overturn-e-jean-carroll-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-loses-latest-attempt-to-overturn-e-jean-carroll-verdict\/admin_gand\/2024\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Loses Latest Attempt To Overturn E. Jean Carroll Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Judge Lewis Kaplan<\/a> issued a scathing opinion Thursday afternoon, ripping apart former President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s legal argument to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll<\/a> $83.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New York jury found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation against Carroll in May 2023. Carroll was initially awarded $5 million. However, the presidential front-runner later called Carroll \u201ccrazy\u201d and a \u201cliar\u201d leading to further civil damages against Trump, including $7.3 million in emotional harm, $11 million in \u201creputational repair\u201d and $65 million in punitive damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his opinion, Kaplan wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Trump’s argument is entirely without merit both as a matter of law and as a matter of fact for all of the reasons articulated in Ms. Carroll’s memorandum of law in opposition to his motion. Among other things, it ignores the fact that, as the jury and\/or the Court concluded, Mr. Trump’s\u2026statements were false, defamatory, and made with both actual and common law malice. It ignores the fact that those defamatory statements were viewed between at least 85 to 104 million<\/em> times\u2026It ignores as well the fact that the jury was entitled to believe Ms. Carroll’s testimony as to the impact of the\u2026statements on her. And it ignores the lack of any persuasive legal authority supporting Mr. Trump’s contention. Indeed, the law is clear that when competing theories and evidence are presented at trial, the issue of causation ultimately is one for the jury, which the Court should not ordinarily disturb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, the argument \u2014 which Mr. Trump previously made to the the jury, conspicuously without success, and which defies common sense \u2014 does not warrant dismissal as a matter of law.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Kaplan ended on a blistering note: \u201cAccordingly, Mr. Trump’s motions for a new trial and for a judgment as a matter of law are DENIED.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breaking

Trump LOSES his bid for a new trial or a judgment overturning the more than $80 million verdict for E. Jean Carroll in the second trial.

Ruling https:\/\/t.co\/5JncAkNDLj<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pLpN2CWS4i<\/a><\/p>— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>