The New York Court of Appeals confirmed this Monday, December 30 that Donald opielected for a second term as president of the United States, will pay 5 dollars a author Elizabeth Jean Carroll. The move follows allegations of sexual assault that began in the 1990s and defamation when the matter became public decades later.
In May 2023, a federal court in Manhattan found the former president guilty of assaulting Elizabeth Jean Carroll in a New York department store in 1996. He was convicted of defamation when he revealed the truth in 2019, to write a biography.
Elizabeth Jean Carroll, now 81, called the attack a sexual assault, but the court did not use that term, preferring to charge sexual assault. The court then ordered Trump to pay $2 million for the attack and $2 million for defamation.
“Donald Trump has not provided proof that the court's first decision was wrong”the appeals judges wrote their order, thus upholding the convictions without requiring a new trial.
At the same time, another trial held in January 2024 imposed a larger legal order: $83.3 million for another defamation claim against Elizabeth Jean Carroll. This case is also currently being tried.
As he prepares to return to office on January 20, Donald Trump criticized political tactics aimed at jeopardizing his return to the White House…
