E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

Carroll v. Trump
Carroll v. Trump
Court	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Full case name	E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
Docket nos.	22-cv-10016
Verdict	Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation; ; Carroll II: $5 million damages; Carroll I: $83.3 million damages;
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Judge sitting	Lewis A. Kaplan

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related lawsuits by author E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3 million in damages awarded to Carroll; both cases are under appeal. Both cases were presided over by Judge Lewis Kaplan and were related to Carroll's accusation from mid-2019 (while Trump was in office) that he sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996. Trump denied the allegations, prompting Carroll to sue him for defamation in November 2019 (a.k.a. Carroll I).

In November 2022, Carroll filed her second suit against Trump (a.k.a. Carroll II), renewing her claim of defamation and adding a claim of battery under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law allowing sexual-assault victims to file civil suits beyond expired statutes of limitations. This suit went to trial in April 2023. Evidence included testimony from two friends Carroll spoke to after the incident, a photograph of Carroll with Trump in 1987,^[a]^[b] testimony from two women who had separately accused Trump of sexual assault, footage from the Trump Access Hollywood tape and his October 2022 deposition.^[c] A jury verdict in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, and ordered him to pay US$5 million in damages. Trump appealed and made an unsuccessful counterclaim. In July, Judge Kaplan clarified that the jury had found that Trump had raped Carroll according to the common definition of the word.^[d]^[e] In August 2023, Kaplan dismissed a countersuit and wrote that Carroll's accusation of "rape" is "substantially true".^[15]

In September 2023, Kaplan issued a partial summary judgment regarding Carroll I, finding Trump liable for defamation via his 2019 statements. The jury verdict from the January 2024 trial was $83.3 million in additional damages. To appeal, Trump secured a bond for this amount plus 10 percent.

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^ Zuckerman Spaeder LLP; Reiser, David (April 18, 2023). "Trump v. Carroll, Part III: The D.C. Court of Appeals Appropriately Clarifies D.C. Scope-of-Employment Law, But It Won't Make Westfall Act Substitution Inquiries Any Easier". JD Supra. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
^ Italiano, Laura; Seddiq, Oma (April 6, 2023). "Booking Trump: No cuffs, no mugshot, no DNA swab, and perhaps the shortest perp walk in history". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ Matloff, Ellen (April 4, 2023). "Trump May Be Swabbed For DNA Sample Upon Surrender. How Might His DNA Be Used?". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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[facts2-10] Zuckerman Spaeder LLP; Reiser, David (April 18, 2023). "Trump v. Carroll, Part III: The D.C. Court of Appeals Appropriately Clarifies D.C. Scope-of-Employment Law, But It Won't Make Westfall Act Substitution Inquiries Any Easier". JD Supra. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

[11] Italiano, Laura; Seddiq, Oma (April 6, 2023). "Booking Trump: No cuffs, no mugshot, no DNA swab, and perhaps the shortest perp walk in history". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

[12] Matloff, Ellen (April 4, 2023). "Trump May Be Swabbed For DNA Sample Upon Surrender. How Might His DNA Be Used?". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

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