Jury Orders Trump to Pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million for Years of Defamation
The New York Times:
On Friday, Roberta A. Kaplan, a lawyer for Ms. Carroll, asked the
jury in a crisp and methodical summation to award her client at
least $24 million to help Ms. Carroll repair her reputation and to
compensate her for the emotional harm Mr. Trump had inflicted with
his attacks.
Ms. Kaplan also asked the jury to award substantial punitive
damages to deter Mr. Trump from continuing to attack Ms. Carroll.
Ms. Kaplan did not specify an amount, but she noted that Mr.
Trump, in an excerpt from a video deposition played for the jury,
estimated that his brand alone was worth “maybe $10 billion” and
that he placed the value of various of his real estate properties
at $14 billion.
“Donald Trump is worth billions of dollars,” Ms. Kaplan told
the jury.
“The law says you can consider Donald Trump’s wealth as well as
his malicious and spiteful continuing conduct in making that
assessment,” Ms. Kaplan said, adding, “Now is the time to make him
pay for it, and now is the time to make him pay dearly.”
It must have been delicious using Trump’s own absurd lies about his wealth against him.
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The New York Times:
On Friday, Roberta A. Kaplan, a lawyer for Ms. Carroll, asked the
jury in a crisp and methodical summation to award her client at
least $24 million to help Ms. Carroll repair her reputation and to
compensate her for the emotional harm Mr. Trump had inflicted with
his attacks.
Ms. Kaplan also asked the jury to award substantial punitive
damages to deter Mr. Trump from continuing to attack Ms. Carroll.
Ms. Kaplan did not specify an amount, but she noted that Mr.
Trump, in an excerpt from a video deposition played for the jury,
estimated that his brand alone was worth “maybe $10 billion” and
that he placed the value of various of his real estate properties
at $14 billion.
“Donald Trump is worth billions of dollars,” Ms. Kaplan told
the jury.
“The law says you can consider Donald Trump’s wealth as well as
his malicious and spiteful continuing conduct in making that
assessment,” Ms. Kaplan said, adding, “Now is the time to make him
pay for it, and now is the time to make him pay dearly.”
It must have been delicious using Trump’s own absurd lies about his wealth against him.