Federal court upholds verdict in sexual assault, defamation case against president-elect Donald Trump
Dec 30, 2024, 8:12 AM | Updated: 3:34 pm
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump’s lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal appeals court has upheld a verdict that found President-elect Donald Trump guilty of sexual abuse and defamation.
According to Reuters, in 2023 Trump was ordered to pay $5 million to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual abuse in the 1990s. She also accused him of defaming her by calling her a liar in an October 2022 Truth Social post.
In the post, Trump denied Carroll’s claim calling it a hoax.
The verdict was issued by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Jurors awarded Carroll $2.02 million for sexual assault and $2.98 million for defamation.
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