E. Jean Carroll, arriving at the courthouse on Friday, had testified that Donald J. Trump’s repeated taunts and lashing out had mobilized many of his supporters, leading to an onslaught of attacks.
"A Manhattan jury on Friday ordered former President Donald J. Trump to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her in social media posts, news conferences and even on the campaign trail ever since she first accused him in 2019 of raping her in a department store dressing room decades earlier. The award included $65 million in punitive damages, which the nine-member jury assessed after finding Mr. Trump, 77, had acted maliciously after Ms. Carroll’s lawyers pointed to Mr. Trump’s persisting attacks on her, both from the White House and after leaving office. On a single day recently, Mr. Trump made more than 40 derisive posts about her on his Truth Social website. Ms. Carroll, 80, testified that his repeated taunts and lashing out had mobilized many of his supporters, leading to an onslaught of attacks on social media and in her email inbox that frightened her and 'shattered' her reputation as a well-regarded advice columnist for Elle magazine. ..."
In an artist’s sketch, former President Trump walks out of court during closing arguments Friday in New York.
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