Former U.S. President Donald Trump accused former magazine columnist Carroll of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Carroll is seeking new damages after a civil jury awarded her $5 million in damages. The reason is that Trump further discredited her after the verdict came out.
Donald Trump, a Republican primary candidate for the 2024 presidential election, must be accused of sexually assaulting and defaming former Elle columnist E. ) take responsibility.
Trump told CNN the next day that Carroll was “out of his mind” and that her story was “fabricated” and that he didn’t know Carroll himself. Carroll’s lawyers argued that the comments constituted new “defamatory remarks.”
To this end, the lawyer amended Carroll’s 2019 defamation complaint against Trump. This lawsuit is separate from the case that was judged on the 9th, and the judgment has not yet been released.
The suit reads that Trump’s post-judgment defamatory remarks showed the depth of his malice toward Carroll, and that Carroll should be awarded very specific punitive damages “to punish Trump and deter him from further slander and serve as an example to others”.
The latest amended complaint is part of a defamation lawsuit that has been stalled by procedural arguments, including whether Trump was protected by presidential immunity when he made comments about Carroll in 2019 because Trump was the White House occupant at the time. (Translator: Yang Zhaoyan / Verified manuscript: Dai Yazhen) 1120523
