Trump’s effort to get a brand new trial within the E. Jean Carroll case wasn’t simply rejected by Decide Kaplan. It was crushed.
Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in his ruling:
Mr. Trump’s argument is completely with out advantage each as a matter of regulation and as a matter of reality for all the causes articulated in Ms. Carroll’s memorandum of regulation in opposition to his movement. Amongst different issues, it ignores the truth that, because the jury and/or the Courtroom concluded, Mr. Trump’s June 21 and 22 statements had been false, defamatory, and made with each precise and customary regulation malice.
It ignores the truth that these defamatory statements had been seen between at the very least 85 to 104 million occasions, whereas there isn’t a proof in any respect as to the dissemination of The Lower article to which defendant seeks to assign all the damages suffered by Ms. Carroll and which was not even alleged to have been defamatory. It ignores as effectively the truth that the jury was entitled to consider Ms. Carroll’s testimony as to the impression of the June 21 and 22 statements on her. And it ignores the dearth of any persuasive authorized authority supporting Mr. Trump’s rivalry. Certainly, the regulation is obvious that when competing theories and proof are introduced at trial, the difficulty of causation in the end is one for the jury, which the Courtroom shouldn’t ordinarily disturb.
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Briefly, the argument which Mr. Trump made to the jury, conspicuously with out success and which defies frequent sense -does not advantage dismissal as a matter of regulation.
In case you questioning, Donald Trump is still trying to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll. Trump hasn’t stopped in his efforts to get the judgment dismissed or a brand new trial.
The ex-president is doing every part possible to keep away from paying E. Jean Carroll, and Decide Kaplan continues to slam the door on him.
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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelorâs Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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