USA: Carroll takes action against Trump again for insults – Panorama

Almost two weeks ago, Donald Trump was sentenced to pay millions in compensation to the US author E. Jean Carroll – now Carroll is taking legal action again against the former US President. The reason for this was insults that Trump said at a live event on the CNN news channel the day after the verdict. The reported US media on Monday, citing documents Carroll filed with a New York court. Accordingly, she is now demanding another “very substantial” sum.

A New York grand jury on May 9 found it proven that Trump had assaulted and sexually assaulted Carroll in a New York upscale department store in 1996. The jury also ordered Trump (76) to pay the 79-year-old a total of five million dollars (about 4.56 million euros) for defamation. Trump appealed the verdict.

The day after the verdict denied Trump on CNN repeated Carroll’s account of the incident and accused the author of dealing with a “made up story”. Trump also claimed he never met Carroll and called her a “crazy”. The documents now submitted to the court reportedly state that Trump’s behavior must result in a “very substantial” payment of damages, also to prevent the ex-president from uttering further insults.

Writer Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s. The jury rejected the allegation of rape. The real estate entrepreneur, who was not yet active as a politician at the time, had always rejected all accusations. The criminal allegations are statute-barred, but under civil law the 79-year-old Carroll was free to take legal action.

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