The big favorite in the Republican primaries and very likely opponent of Joe Biden in the November presidential election immediately announced that he was going to appeal.
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An astronomical amount. Donald Trump was sentenced, Friday, January 26, by a civil court in New York, to pay compensation of $83.3 million to an author for having defamed her, against a backdrop of accusations of rape in the years 1990. The former president of the United States, campaigning to be re-elected, immediately castigated on his social network Truth Social a condemnation “ridiculous” and promised to appeal.
The big favorite of the Republican primaries and very likely opponent of Joe Biden in the November presidential election, has once again denounced “a witch hunt led by Biden against (him) and the Republican Party”. This trial, solely for defamation, arises from a first civil complaint in 2019 and began on January 16, in an electric atmosphere.
Intent to “harm” recognized
The conviction, decided by a popular jury, includes $65 million in damages “punitive”. The jurors recognized the intention of “harm” of Donald Trump, 77 years old, already found responsible by the judge for defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Jean Carroll, 80 years old, who claimed at least 10 million dollars in compensation for moral and professional damage.
Elizabeth Jean Carroll is a former columnist for the American edition of the magazine She, who accused Donald Trump of rape in 1996 in a fitting room of a New York department store. On the basis of another civil complaint in 2022 for rape and defamation, she had already had him found responsible last May in civil proceedings for sexual assault 28 years ago and for defamatory remarks made in 2022. Donald Trump had was then ordered to pay five million dollars in reparations. The total amount he must pay after the 2023 and 2024 trials therefore amounts to more than $88 million.