Judge rejects Trump’s appeal and confirms $83 million fine for defaming writer

A federal judge New York This Thursday he rejected the former president’s appeal donald trump to avoid the fine of more than 83 million dollars that he is forced to pay for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.

Trump paid bail of around 91 million euros to appeal the civil defamation trial ruling, determined by a jury, and ask for the trial to be repeated, but Judge Lewis Kaplan today denied the request when considering it. “without merit”.

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The bail allowed the former president to avoid paying the fine on March 11 while he appealed, and it is not clear what will happen to the 91 million, which represents 110% of the fine, nor how long he will have to pay it.

This case, resolved at the end of January, was the second against Trump decided in favor of Carroll after, in May 2023, a jury had already convicted the former president of “sexual abuse” against her in the 1990s and for defamation.

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The financial penalty in the second case, of 83 million for the defamation damages suffered by Trump, was much greater than that applied in the first case, of around 5 million, linked to the sexual abuse reported by the writer.

Kaplan’s decision this Thursday represents a new setback for donald trump and his finances, as he faces another large fine from the fraud trial against his company, expenses to pay for the defense of his various ongoing and future lawsuits, and the costs of his presidential campaign.

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The judge noted that “attacks” The Trump v. Carroll reached 100 million people (referring to those who read or listened to them) and which the jury rightfully concluded “harmed the career, reputation and emotional well-being” of a successful columnist and author.

donald trump is currently facing the first criminal trial against a former president in the United States, accused of orchestrating a plot to falsify financial documents and silence an affair with the adult film actress Stormy Daniels which, if made public, would have harmed his previous presidential campaign.

Source: Elcomercio

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