A federal jury in Manhattan awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages against Donald Trump for defamatory statements he made as president in June 2019 denying her sexual assault allegation and attacking her character. The nine-person jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning …
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A nine-person federal jury in Manhattan found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages after deliberating for less than three hours in a civil trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. The verdict, reached on May 9, …
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Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan allows Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew to proceed, despite arguments that a sealed 2009 settlement agreement with Jeffrey Epstein bars the case. The ruling highlights ongoing transparency issues as key documents remain sealed from public view, …
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