E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits filed by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits, both overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, resulted in a total of $88.3 million in damages being awarded to Carroll and are undergoing appeal efforts. The cases were related to Carroll's accusation from mid-2019 (during Trump's first term) that he sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996. Trump denied the allegations, prompting Carroll to sue him for defamation in November 2019 (a.k.a. Carroll I). In November 2022, Carroll filed her second suit against Trump (a.k.a. Carroll II), renewing her claim of defamation and adding a claim of battery under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law allowing sexual-assault victims to file civil suits beyond expired statutes of limitations. The suit went to trial in April 2023. Evidence included testimony from two friends Carroll spoke to after the alleged...

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