A Manhattan federal court jury this Friday will indict the former president of the United States. donald trump have to pay Elisabeth Jean Carroll in total 83.3 million dollars (76.7 million euros) damage in the context of the case insult presented by the author.
Specifically, businessman need to pay $18.3 million compensation: 11 million to fund a campaign to repair his reputation, and 7.3 million for the emotional damage caused by his statements. You will also have to pay 65 million non-pecuniary damages.
Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the case, thanked the jury for their work in reaching the verdict. ““My advice to you is to never reveal that you are part of this jury.”He emphasized that, as reported by CNN.
In May, a court ruled that Trump must pay up to $5 million (about 4.5 million euros) in damages to Carroll, who filed a new lawsuit against the businessman, seeking $10 million (9.2 million euros) in damages.
history of the case Legal challenge filed by the journalist in a state court in 2019 A lawsuit was filed against the former president for insulting him He denied the first rape complaint After saying she was “not his type” and that he was doing it to sell his book.
The journalist asks in his book ‘Why do we need men?’ he wrote. that businessman he sexually assaulted her She met Trump in the dressing rooms of a Manhattan department store on Fifth Avenue in New York in the mid-’90s, and they went to a lingerie shop at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury department store, where the former president raped her. .
This hearing took place amid Trump’s renewed attempts to return to the White House. faces other legal processes, Such as his recent indictment for concealing a series of bribes given to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for silencing her alleged sexual encounters.