A Federal Appeals Court on Monday, Upheld a $83.3 million Jury Award against Trump (R) for Defaming the Writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019, after She Accused Him of a Decades-Old Rape in a Manhattan Department Store, an Attack for which He was separately Found Liable for Sexual Abuse.
The Court also Rejected Trump’s Argument that the Supreme Court’s Decision last year, affording Presidential Immunity for Official Acts, Barred a Finding of Liability in Ms. Carroll’s Lawsuit. Trump did Not understad that Order, that said: The Lower Courts will decide if the Acts are Presidential or Not.
The Unsigned Ruling by a Three-Judge Panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan was Unanimous.
Trump had Assailed Ms. Carroll after She accused Him of the Assault, continuing His Verbal Attacks on Her on Social Media, at News Conferences and even during the Trial, during which Ms. Carroll’s Lawyers had urged the Jury to Impose a Large Award in Order to Stop Him.
A large portion of the Verdict, $65 million, consisted of Punitive Damages, after Jhe jury found Trump had Acted with Malice.
In December, a different Three-Judge Panel of the Second Circuit, Unanimously Upheld a separate Civil Verdict Ms. Carroll Won against Trump in 2023. In that Case, a Jury Awarded her $5 million in Damages after finding Him Liable for Sexually Abusing Ms. Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman Dressing Room in the mid-1990s and Defaming Her in Statements He made in 2022, after He was Out-of-Office.
Trump’s Lawyers have indicated that He will Ask the Supreme Court to Review the Jury’s $5 million Verdict and Liability Finding.
On Monday, Trump's Lawyers did Not immediately Respond to a Request for Comment on the Second Circuit’s Upholding of Ms. Carroll’s Other, Larger Verdict against Trump. Monday’s Unsigned 70-page Ruling was issued by Judges Denny Chin, Sarah A. L. Merriam, and Maria Araújo Kahn. Judge Chin was Appointed to the Court by President Barack Obama (D); Judges Merriam and Kahn were appointed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr (D).
The Total Value of the Awards, grows by 10% each Month until its Payed. Trump is using a Private $91.6 Million Bond, required while He Appeals.
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