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Trump found guilty of defamation… again!

2023-09-10 19:55:11 Updated on 2023-09-10 19:56:14

Donald Trump has again been found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll, and a jury will be convened next January to determine the amount of damages that will be added to the five million dollars already awarded to Carroll in the first trial she won last May.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

In 2019, Carroll published a memoir titled What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, in which she details various experiences with men throughout her life.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

In it, Carroll alleged that Donald Trump assaulted her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s. She claimed that Trump, then a real estate mogul and TV personality, had forcibly kissed and assaulted her.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

Trump vehemently denied the allegations and said he had never met Carroll, despite a photo showing them together at a social event in the 1980s.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump in November 2019, claiming he falsely accused her of lying about the incident and damaging her reputation.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

In October 2020, the US Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, sought to intervene in the trial and defend Trump, arguing that he was acting in his official capacity as President when he denied Carroll's allegations, but to no avail. The trial finally took place last May.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

At the conclusion of this civil trial, Donald Trump was found guilty of assaulting Carroll in the 1990s (not guilty of rape) and defaming her in comments made in 2019 and 2022.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

What's more, the judge also allowed E. Jean Carroll to include comments made by Trump at a CNN Town Hall hosted by Kaitlan Collins last May, just days after he lost his case against Carroll in the second case.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

"This woman, I don’t know her. I never met her. I have no idea who she is. I had a picture taken years ago with her and her husband, nice guy John Johnson. He was a newscaster, very nice man (...) the judge wouldn’t allow to put that in. All these things, but with her, they can put in anything... Access Hollywood," the former president notably said.

Trump again found guilty of defamation against E. Jean Carroll!

The trial scheduled to determine the amount of damages will take place on January 15, 2024. Donald Trump will have to add a new hearing date to his already busy judicial calendar!