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J. Liman denies former President Trump's motion for a new trial on author Jean Carroll's claim that he defamed her in two statements issued from the White House in 2019. The jury was entitled to conclude that Mr. Trump derailed Ms. Carroll's career, and exposed her to public threats due to his malicious attacks on her character. The compensatory damages award of $18.3 million is far from an anomaly in high-profile defamation cases, and the jury was entitled to find that Mr. Trump's continued attacks on Ms. Carroll, even during the course of trial, warranted a finding he would not stop making such remarks without a significant deterrent, supporting the $65 million punitive damages award.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Liman, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv7311, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Damages, Defamation
J. Kaplan dismisses former President Trump's defamation counterclaim against writer Jean Carroll for allegedly disregarding the jury's finding that Trump did not rape her in statements made out loud in the courtroom following the jury verdict. New York law does not consider forcible digital penetration to be "rape," but many state laws do and it constitutes "rape" in common modern parlance, including in some dictionary definitions. Therefore, Trump fails to state a claim for defamation because he cannot plausibly allege Ms. Carroll's statements were untrue.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Kaplan, Filed On: August 7, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv7311, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, Defamation
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