The above decision was made by a panel of three judges of the 2nd Federal Court of Appeals in the Manhattan district of New York City, USA, according to Reuters. There is currently no information about Mr. Trump’s reaction.
Mr. Donald Trump speaks to the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City (USA) on May 30, 2024
Previously, Mr. Trump announced that he would appeal after a federal jury on May 9, 2023 concluded that he must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing and then defaming the former journalist. E. Jean Carroll.
A federal jury of six men and three women in Manhattan found that Ms. Carroll, now 80, could not fully prove that Mr. Trump raped her nearly 30 years ago in a mall dressing room. Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan, as she has long stated. However, the jury concluded that Mr. Trump had sexually abused Ms. Carroll, a less serious crime, according to the newspaper The New York Times.
The jury also concluded that Mr. Trump defamed Ms. Carroll in October 2022 when he posted a statement on the social networking platform Truth Social, calling the lawsuit she initiated “a 100% fraud”, ” myths, lies”.
Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that the $5 million verdict should be overturned because the trial judge should not let the jury hear testimony from two other women who accused Mr. Trump of having sex. sexual misconduct, according to Reuters.
Of those two women, businesswoman Jessica Leeds accused Mr. Trump of groping her on a plane in the late 1970s. The other was Ms. Natasha Stoynoff, a former writer for the magazine. Peopleaccusing Mr. Trump of forcibly kissing her at his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2005.
Another jury in January 2024 ordered Mr. Trump to pay Ms. Carroll $83.3 million for defaming and damaging her reputation in June 2019, when he first denied the allegations. raped her.
In both denials, Mr. Trump said he did not know Ms. Carroll, accusing her of fabricating the rape allegation to promote the complainant’s memoir. Mr. Trump is appealing the verdict for $83.3 million.
Ms. Carroll’s lawsuits continue even though Mr. Trump won the US presidential election on November 5. He will take office as president on January 20, 2025.
