Former President Donald Trump vowed to appeal Friday’s ruling in his defamation case against E. Jean Carroll, in which he was ordered to pay the advice columnist $83.3 million in damages.
“It’s ridiculous!” Trump lashed out at Truth Social. “I completely disagree with both decisions, and will appeal the entire Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon.”
“They’ve taken away all First Amendment Rights,” he continued. “THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”
The 45th president, 77, was ordered to pay $65 million in punitive damages, $11 million in reputational damages and another $7.3 million in emotional damages, a jury in Manhattan federal court said.
Trump had already left the courtroom when the jury’s verdict was announced.
His lawyer Alina Habba also condemned the decision as she left court.
“Don’t get it twisted – we see a violation of our justice system, ladies and gentlemen,” he told reporters.
Habba claimed Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled before the trial began “that every defense that President Trump has, we’re not allowed to put that in front of the jury.”
Donald Trump was ordered to pay advice columnist E. Jean Carroll $83 million on Friday. Reuters
E. Jean Carroll was awarded $5 million in May after a jury found Trump liable for her sexual assault. William Farrington
Trump was previously ordered to pay Carroll, 80, $5 million in May after a jury found him responsible for sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in 1996.
He “forcefully and without consent” penetrated Carroll with his finger, according to court records. Trump has been cleared of Carroll’s allegations that he raped her.
When Carroll revealed the allegations in 2019, Trump immediately dismissed her claims as a “hoax” and denounced it as an “abusive job”. He was subjected to death threats as a result of his attack.
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