Former President Trump asks for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case, with his lawyers contending in a court filing that the $5 million verdict was 'excessive.'
that found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll was"grossly excessive" and he should either get a new trial or have to pay less in damages, the former president's lawyers contended on Thursday.
In court documents filed in federal court in Manhattan, Trump's attorneys argued the $2 million that the jury awarded Carroll for the battery claim, involving an alleged attack in a New York City department store in the 1990s, is inflated because the jurors did not find by a"preponderance of the evidence" that Trump had raped Carroll — only that he'd sexually abused her.
"Such abuse could have included groping of Plaintiff's breasts through clothing or similar conduct, which is a far cry from rape," the filing said. The jury had also awarded Carroll just under $3 million on her defamation claim. Trump's lawyers contended in the filing that amount should be reduced as well since part of the award stemmed from Trump denying he raped her.
Trump's legal team asked the judge to either reduce the total $5 million award to about $900,000 or grant Trump a new trial.The jury"carefully considered the evidence that Ms. Carroll presented" during theKaplan added:"This time, Trump will not be able to escape the consequences of his actions."Carroll's suit included a battery claim for the alleged attack in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store near Trump Tower in 1996.
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