Former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watches former President Donald Trump’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, make closing arguments in a civil trial in which Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s , and Defamation, New York, May 8, 2023 in court draft.
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Donald Trump issued notice Thursday that he would appeal A federal civil jury this week found the former president responsible for the sexual abuse and defamation of author E. Jean Carroll.
Trump’s lawyers also said in a court filing that they will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to quash his order to pay Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the case.
His attorneys filed a notice of appeal in U.S. District Court in Manhattan less than an hour after the final judge The members of the jury are listed on the court filing form.
Carroll, 79, sued Trump for allegedly raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s and defamed her in comments last fall when he denied her allegations.
Trump, 76, has denied ever seeing Carroll in the store. He said she fabricated the allegations and that she was “not my type”.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from the plane “Trump One” at Aberdeen Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, May 1, 2023.
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The jury in Tuesday’s trial did not find substantial evidence that Trump raped Carroll, but its finding that he may have sexually abused her was enough to uphold her civil lawsuit of assault.
Trump is the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Trump mocked Carroll at a New Hampshire town hall hosted by CNN on Wednesday night, drawing laughter and cheers from the audience. Trump called Carroll a “stupid” at the town hall and again claimed her account of the events was “fake.”
“She wasn’t raped, okay?” Trump said. “And I didn’t do anything else, well, because I didn’t know who the hell she was.”