Judge Tears Into Trump Defense In Bid For New E Jean Carroll Trial
Donald Trump just isn't doing well in the courts lately. This time, a federal judge in New York denied the twice-indicted former President's request for a new trial in the defamation and battery case brought by author E. Jean Carroll that resulted in $5 million in damages. And that's bad for Trump since he keeps defaming Carroll.
ABC News reports:
Trump had sought a new trial after a New York jury in May found him liable for sexually assaulting the former Elle magazine columnist in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s, then defaming her in a 2022 Truth Social post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie."
Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the request, saying, "The jury in this case did not reach 'a seriously erroneous result.'"
"Its verdict is not 'a miscarriage of justice,'" the Judge said.
"Now that the court has denied Trump's motion for a new trial or to decrease the amount of the verdict, E. Jean Carroll looks forward to receiving the $5 million in damages that the jury awarded her," Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement.
Imagine arguing that Trump only sexually abused a woman but never raped her.