"A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a civil jury's finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump's appeal of the defamation award, finding that the "jury's damages awards are fair and reasonable.""
"Trump had argued the damages were unreasonably excessive and pushed for a new trial in light of the Supreme Court's expansion of presidential immunity. But the appeals court roundly rejected those arguments, writing that Trump's "extraordinary and unprecedented" broadsides against Carroll justified the steep award. "Given the unique and egregious facts of this case, we conclude that the punitive damages award did not exceed the bounds of reasonableness," the three-judge panel concluded."
""Earlier today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed, in a comprehensive 70-page ruling, that E. Jean Carroll was telling the truth, and that President Donald Trump was not," Kaplan wrote in a statement, noting that her client had received threats during the legal process and that they "look forward to an end to the appellate process.""
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a civil jury's $83.3 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll for repeated social media attacks by President Donald Trump after she accused him of sexual assault. The panel rejected Trump's claims that the damages were excessive and that a new trial was needed following the Supreme Court's expansion of presidential immunity. The court described Trump's public attacks as "extraordinary and unprecedented" and found the punitive damages reasonable given the facts. Carroll's attorney reported threats against her client and welcomed an end to appeals. The decision concerned the larger of two defamation awards.
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