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(137,705 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:39 AM Monday

Appeals court upholds $5 million award in sexual abuse verdict against trmp [View all]

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.’

The longtime magazine columnist had testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store’s dressing room.

Trump skipped the trial after repeatedly denying the attack ever happened. But he briefly testified at a followup trial earlier this year that resulted in an $83.3 million award. The second trial resulted from comments then-President Trump made in 2019 after Carroll first made the accusations publicly in a memoir.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-lawsuit-defamation-trial-78e4196024539653a6de492312770ff2

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Appeals court upholds $5 million award in sexual abuse verdict against trmp [View all] spanone Monday OP

What happens if Trump refuses to pay the $5 million. Irish_Dem Monday #1

He had to put the money in an escrow account in order to appeal Fiendish Thingy Monday #6

I don't think he has many... rasputin1952 Monday #13

He prepaid to get the appeal .... Hope22 Monday #16

Good point. He put MAL in junior's name. Irish_Dem Monday #19

You know that's not true, right? WarGamer Monday #22

It was widely reported at the time. Irish_Dem Monday #23

It also was widely debunked at the time. onenote Monday #25

He'll never pay. sinkingfeeling Monday #2

Garnish his wages to begin Captain Zero Monday #3

As noted above, he already has paid the amount of the judgment into a court controlled escrow account onenote Monday #17

He got 15 million from ABC. I know it goes to the inauguration, but he still made 10 million from this. jimfields33 Monday #4

The ABC money goes to a trump library LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #29

P. I. F. Coolgoober Monday #5

And ... if he'd have won his challange, he'd had have gotten it back. Being in escrow is not the same as not having ... marble falls Monday #7

Hip, hip brakester Monday #9

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Monday #26

Just asking for understanding, Baitball Blogger Monday #8

Unregistered sex offender William Seger Monday #10

I'm curious about this too Unladen Swallow Monday #27

Great news malaise Monday #11

IIRC... rasputin1952 Monday #12

The kind of moron who is going to get that back many times over in the next 4 years. progressoid Monday #14

He could end up like Nixon malaise Monday #15

Link to report someone else put up the money? onenote Monday #18

Sorry... rasputin1952 Monday #24

This happened (sorta) in the *other* Carroll case, which had won her more than $90 million... Princess Turandot Tuesday #31

I think that the appropriate appellation for the rapist Turd is ... Tarzanrock Monday #20

K&R UTUSN Monday #21

Lisa Rubin has a good thread on this opinion LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #28

Republicon sex abusers are all over the stinking place BoRaGard Tuesday #30