Tag Archives: E. Jean Carroll

CBS News reports: The Department of Justice wants to stand in for President Trump in his ongoing appeal of a defamation case that could cost him tens of millions of dollars. Lawyers for the taxpayer-funded agency and Mr. Trump’s personal attorneys said in a filing on April 11 that the Justice Department believes the federal Westfall Act shields Mr. Trump …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump is expected to be in court on Friday for oral arguments in his appeal of a 2023 judgment holding him liable for sexually abusing columnist E. Jean Carroll, according to sources familiar with his plans. The jury awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in the lawsuit. Jury members found that Trump did …

CNBC reports: Donald Trump on Monday again denied rape and defamation claims against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, nabbing the attention of her lawyer. In a post on Truth Social, the former president kicked off with ‘Happy Memorial Day to All,’ and quickly derailed into a tirade against Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll’s claims: “TWO separate …

ABC News reports: A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid for a new trial in a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling upheld the jury’s $83.3 million damage award. “Contrary to the defendant’s arguments, Ms. Carroll’s compensatory damages were not awarded solely for her emotional distress; they were not …

The Associated Press reports: An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who represents 80-year-old writer E. Jean Carroll, noted in a statement that the …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump just had to post a $91.6 million bond while he appeals the verdict in the defamation case won by his rape accuser, E. Jean Carroll. But that whopping sum wasn’t enough to get him to stop trashing her. On the campaign trail Saturday, Trump once again denied sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s—even though …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump has posted a $91.6 million bond as he appeals the judgment against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The notice of Trump’s bond and appeal was made with the federal court in New York on Friday. In January, a federal jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages as a result of Trump’s …

CNBC reports: Donald Trump on Thursday lost a bid to delay paying an $83.3 million civil defamation judgment to writer E. Jean Carroll. The denial of Trump’s request by Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan means the former president by Monday must either pay that amount to Carroll, or put up a bond or assets to cover the value of …

MSNBC reports: In a new letter tonight, Alina Habba is asking Judge Lew Kaplan — who has yet to rule on Trump’s request to stay enforcement of the $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll judgment as his post-trial motions are resolved — for some mercy. Specifically, she notes that the existing stay expires Monday and asks that if Kaplan does not …

Courthouse News reports: Former president Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a federal judge for a new trial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against him, claiming the trial’s outcome was “infected” by the judge’s errors. Following a trial in the Southern District of New York, a nine-person jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages. According to Trump, U.S. District …

Law & Crime reports: In response to Donald Trump‘s continued promises to a judge in New York that he will pay the $83.3 million he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her — without posting security — Carroll’s lawyer has offered a taut reply: Once again, Trump offers nothing to credit him but his “unsubstantiated say so.” Not …

CNN reports: E. Jean Carroll said Donald Trump should not be given more time to post the $83.3 million she was awarded in her defamation trial against the former president, telling the judge that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.” On Friday, Trump asked the judge overseeing the defamation case to give him additional time to satisfy the judgment …

ABC News reports: Judge Lewis Kaplan has declined to grant a stay of Donald Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in his defamation case and requested a written response from columnist E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers. “The Court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff a meaningful opportunity to be heard,” Kaplan wrote in an …

“Judge Kaplan has at least entered judgment in the second Carroll trial. That starts the clock for Trump’s post-trial motions and for him to post a bond. Specifically, federal rules governing civil cases stay a plaintiff’s execution on a judgment for 30 days after the entry of judgment, which effectively means he has 30 days to provide a bond or …

CNN reports: Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lunch. Kaplan said she told him that his attorneys had “graciously offered to provide” her team with lunch — a common civil practice between opposing legal …

Reuters reports: A lawyer for Donald Trump said on Monday a possible conflict of interest involving the judge who oversaw E. Jean Carroll’s recent defamation trial may justify overturning the writer’s $83.3 million award. In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan, the lawyer Alina Habba cited a Jan. 27 New York Post article discussing U.S. District Judge Lewis …

The Messenger reports: E. Jean Carroll on Monday talked about what she plans to do with the $83.3 million former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay her in her defamation case. “I don’t want to waste money,” Carroll said while on making an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America. “I do have an idea. I’d like to give the …

The New York Times reports: As soon as E. Jean Carroll heard the verdict on Friday — $83.3 million in defamation damages against Donald J. Trump — a world of possibility opened before her: How to use the money? “I’m not going to waste a cent of this,” she said. “We’re going to do something good with it.” When told …

Deadline reports: Colin Jost and Michael Che had a field day roasting Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment. The topic at the top of the show was news that Trump was ordered to pay $83 million to E. Jean Carroll in the defamation trial. “Trump is a billionaire, so obviously, he immediately hit up your grandma for …

Anderson Cooper: “There have been plenty of cases where a jury awards a huge verdict and it gets knocked down later on. Do you anticipate, E. Jean Carroll actually seeing this money? There’s been plenty of defendants who have a big judgment against them and somehow finagle a way, declare bankruptcy, or figure out a way not to pay. Do …