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(Updated with ABC statement in paragraph 3, required statement in paragraphs 5-6)
ABC News has agreed to give $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over on-air comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos in the civil lawsuit filed against Mr. Trump by the writer E. Jean Carroll, according to a court document filed Saturday.
The lawsuit, filed March 19 in the Southern District Court of Florida, accuses Mr. Stephanopoulos of making the statements with malice and disregard for the truth. The statements were widely distributed to third parties and repeated.
“We are pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit under the terms of the lawsuit,” an ABC News spokesperson said in a statement.
The lawsuit cites a March 10 interview with U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican who has publicly said she was raped when she was a teenager. During that interview, Mr. Stephanopoulos said Mr. Trump had been found responsible for rape and asked Ms. Mace how she could support the candidate.
Under the settlement, ABC News must publish a statement by Sunday at the bottom of a March 10 online article that accompanied the interview.
“ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview George Stephanopoulos made with Congresswoman Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” the statement read. statement, according to the court document.
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