A federal judge denied former President Donald Trump's attempt to get a new trial after a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse of the writer E. Jean Carroll and defamation.
A federal judge denied former President Donald Trump's attempt to get a new trial after a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse of the writer E. Jean Carroll and defamation.or to reduce the $5 million in damages awarded to her by a jury — a verdict Trump's lawyers called"grossly excessive."
"The jury's unanimous verdict in [the case] was almost entirely in favor of Ms. Carroll," Kaplan wrote. Trump's attorneys argued in the new filing that a $2 million portion of the damages award was excessive because the jury did not find him liable for rape. Trump has denied assaulting Carroll and claimed her story was fabricated. She testified that they had been amiably walking through the store, joking during a light conversation, before Trump pushed her against a wall, her head slamming against it, and forcefully penetrated her with his hand and penis. The jury found him liable for sexual abuse, the allegation that he forcefully penetrated her with his hand, but did not conclude she proved liability for rape, having been penetrated by his penis.
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