"Trump's Costly Legal Battle: The Fallout of His Defamation Verdict"

A Manhattan federal jury ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault in the 1990s. This comes after a previous trial where Trump was found liable for both sexually assaulting and defaming Carroll, resulting in a $2 million payout. The recent trial focused on defamation claims stemming from Trump's 2019 statements, with the jury awarding Carroll $65 million in punitive damages and $18.3 million in compensatory damages. Carroll's lawyers argued that only a massive punitive damages verdict would get Trump to stop his relentless attacks, and while Trump plans to appeal, he has not publicly called Carroll a liar since the recent verdict.