Donald Trump<\/a> has furiously branded the verdict he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll part of a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has furiously branded the verdict he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll part of a \u2018witch hunt\u2019<\/p>\n
The former US President, 76, was ordered to pay $5 million in damages by a jury at a federal court in New York City on Tuesday (09.05.23) over the battery and defamation of Ms Carroll, and in the wake of the decision used his social media app Truth Social to blast the decision as \u201cunfair\u201d.<\/p>\n
He thundered in an all-capitalised outpouring: \u201cI HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THIS VERDICT IS A DISGRACE \u2013 A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!\u201dTrump later added: \u201cVERY UNFAIR TRIAL!\u201dMs Carroll had left court smiling after the verdict, and was reportedly heard saying to the crowd outside: \u201cWe\u2019re very happy.\u201dHer attorney Roberta Kaplan later issued a statement calling the verdict a \u201cvictory not only for E Jean Caroll, but for democracy itself, and for all survivors everywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n
Trump had been accused of the sexual assault of Ms Carroll, 79, at a department store and the subsequent defamation of the writer by saying she had made up her claim.<\/p>\n
A jury of six men and three women spent three hours deciding the civil claims of battery and defamation in the case, and also found Trump defamed Ms Carroll in an October 2022 social media post in which he called her allegations a \u201ccon job\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe jury told Trump to pay a total of $5 million in damages \u2013 $2 million for the battery claim and $20,000 in punitive damages, and for defamation, $2.7 million in compensation and $280,000 in punitive damages.<\/p>\n
\nBefore the verdict there was a heated exchange in court over a social media post by Trump in which he claimed he had not been allowed to \u201cdefend himself\u201d. <\/p>\n
\nTrump was allowed to testify but his lawyers did not file an application by the deadline which was set by the judge at 5pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nOn Truth Social, Trump said: \u201cWaiting for a jury decision on a False Accusation where I, despite being a current political candidate and leading all others in both parties, am not allowed to speak or defend myself.\u201dHe vowed he would \u201cappeal\u201d against the \u201cUnconstitutional silencing of me, as a candidate, no matter the outcome!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMs Carroll\u2019s lawyer said it was a \u201ctroublesome\u201d post and asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to tell the jury Trump did have the opportunity to come to court.<\/p>\n
\nThe judge said: \u201cWe\u2019re dealing here with what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d and said he wanted to make no further comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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