Former President Trump countersues writer E. Jean Carroll, claiming in a court filing that Carroll defamed him on television.
countersued writer E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday, claiming in a court filing that Carroll defamed him on television.abusing Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, but did not find him liable for her alleged rape. Carroll was awarded $5 million in damages for her battery and defamation claims.On May 10, a day after the decision, Carroll was asked in an
how she felt when the jury did not find Trump liable for rape, Carroll responded: “Well, I just immediately in my own head, ‘Oh, yes, he did. Oh yes, he did.’”, Trump alleged that the statements Carroll made were defamatory and contrary to the jury's verdict in which he was found not liable for rape.
She made these statements"with actual malice and ill will with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack" his reputation, the former president's suit alleges. He is seeking a retraction of her statements and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as reimbursements for legal fees"and any further relief" the court deems necessary.
The former president has denied Carroll's sexual assault allegation and maintains he never defamed her because he was telling the truth. He has also insisted that he had never met Carroll, and said she was"In closing arguments, her attorneys said Carroll was “exactly” Trump’s type, and the former president didn’t show up at herMichael Mitsanas is a politics reporting intern for NBC News.
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