On May 16, 2024, former US President Trump was interviewed by the media at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, US, on trial for allegedly covering up hush payments related to extramarital affairs.
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Donald Trump on Monday once again denied the rape and defamation accusations leveled against him by author Jane Carroll, drawing the attention of her lawyers.
in a Post on Truth SocialThe former president opened with “Happy Memorial Day everyone,” and quickly launched into a tirade about him. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll claimed: “Two separate trials convicted a woman I had never met (25 years ago at a celebrity event) on ‘defamation’ charges. in a quick handshake, that doesn’t count! ) $91 million.
Kaplan presided over the case last year, in which a jury found Trump responsible for sexually abusing Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Kaplan later ruled in a civil defamation case in January that Trump defamed Carroll after she accused him of rape in 2019. Carroll was awarded $83.3 million in damages, which Trump is appealing.
Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, quickly responded to Trump’s post, “We have said many times since the jury’s last verdict in January that all options were considered. That remains true today — All options are being considered.
The Biden campaign also Responding to Trump’s post X read: “Trump made zero mention of fallen American service members in his Memorial Day message, instead calling those who did not support him ‘scum’.”
Kaplan had previously hinted that Trump might file another defamation lawsuit following comments he made during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“The statute of limitations for defamation lawsuits in most jurisdictions is one to three years,” Kaplan said in a statement after the interview aired. He then continued, “As we said after the last jury verdict, we will Stay tuned for every statement Donald Trump makes about our client E. Jean Carroll.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Kaplan’s response.
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