Donald Trump appeals $83.3mn award to E Jean Carroll in defamation case
Former US President Donald Trump
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Friday (Mar 8) appealed aUS jury decision to award $83.3 million to writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation suit.
The 80-year-old columnist filed a defamation case against the former US president after he branded her a liar following her accusations of rape.
In his appeal to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, Trump said he would cover "all adverse orders, rulings, decrees, decisions, opinions, memoranda, conclusions, or findings" leading to the January 26 verdict.
He further disclosed that he had lined up a $91.63 million bond from Federal Insurance Co for the appeal.
The appeal originated from a Manhattan jury's finding in June 2019 that Trump had defamed Carroll, a former journalist for Elle magazine, by refuting herclaim that he had sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s.
Jurors awarded Carroll $18.3 million of compensatory damages, which included $7.3 million for emotional harm and $11 million for reputational harm.
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They also awarded her punitive damages of $65 million.
Trump has argued that he shouldn't owe anything, or as an alternative, the amounts owed should be much decreased.
Jean Carroll vs Donald Trump case
Elizabeth Jean Carroll or E Jean Carroll is best known for being an advice columnist for Elle magazine for over 26 years.
The column mostly revolved around Carroll's view that women should not plan their lives around men.
She sued Trump in November 2019 after New York state temporarily changed laws to let adult rape victims sue their abusers over decades-old abuse.
Carroll alleged that during the mid-1990s, the then businessman had raped her in a department store dressing room in Manhattan.
Donald Trump has repeatedly denied raping Carroll or even knowing her back then.
He dismissed the accusations saying "she's not my type".
He also took to his social media platform Truth Social and called the writer's claims lies and "hoax".
(With inputs from agencies)