Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

The nine-person jury began deliberations in federal court in New York at 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just under three hours.

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[–] [S] 70 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I overshot the damages award in a previous comment I made. I thought it was going to be closer to $150 million, but $83 million is still substantial. Plus there is a strong likelihood E. Jean Carroll and Robbie Kaplan could sue Donald Trump for defamation again for all the things he posted during this trial.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'd just love to see this snowball into an avalanche.

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  • [–] [S] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's already happening. He's probably defaming her on Truth Social right now while OD'ing on McDonald's.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Well he a billionaire so $83 million is a drop in the bucket. He’s probably got that much as change in the couch /s

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    “Well he a billionaire” [citation needed].

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    In late stage capitalism, having a billion and owing three billion means you in effect still have a billion.

    It's not like with normal people who have to subtract debt from assets and actually pay what we owe.

    So yeah, he's a billionaire in all ways that affect him and will be until he dies, which can't happen soon enough.

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