Federal Jury Orders Donald Trump to Pay $83.3 Million in E. Jean Carroll Case

By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A federal jury in New York has slammed the twice-impeached and four-times criminally indicted former President Donald Trump with a massive sexual assault and defamation judgment. The panel ruled on January 25 that Trump, whom a judge declared guilty of rape, must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, the prominent writer who accused him of sexual assault. The hefty judgment comes on the heels of a previous $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict issued against Trump last year. In an almost surreal moment that appeared to leave Senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in disbelief, the justice asked the jury about the significance of the “M” on their verdict form, to which the foreperson clarified it represented millions. The announcement of the multimillion-dollar award elicited expressions of joy from Carroll, who warmly embraced her legal team at the plaintiff’s table. Carroll had fought Trump since 2019, when she publicly detailed her allegations against the then-president, who is also facing the possibility of paying hundreds of millions in fines for business fraud. The initial incident, recounted in her book “What Do We Need Men For?” and corroborated by a previous...