Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media during his trial for allegedly concealing secret money payments related to extramarital affairs, at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, the United States, on 16 May 2024.
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Donald Trump on Monday again denied allegations of rape and defamation made against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, drawing the attention of his lawyer.
In an article on Truth Social, the former president opened with “Happy Memorial Day everyone” and quickly derailed into a tirade against Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll of Manhattan federal court say: “TWO separate lawsuits granted a woman I had never met before (a quick handshake at a celebrity event 25 years ago) doesn’t count!), 91 MILLION DOLLARS for “DEFAMATION”. “
Kaplan presided over the case last year in which a jury found Trump responsible for Carroll’s sexual abuse at a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Kaplan then ruled in the civil defamation case in January that in As president, Trump defamed Carroll after she accused him of rape in 2019. Carroll was awarded $83.3 million in damages, which Trump is appealing.
Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, quickly responded to Trump’s message: “We have said repeatedly since the last jury verdict in January that all options are on the table. And that remains true today: all the options are on the table.”
The Biden campaign also responded to Trump’s post on
Kaplan has previously suggested another defamation lawsuit could be in the works after Trump’s comments in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Kaplan said in a statement after the interview aired that “the statute of limitations for defamation in most jurisdictions is between one and three years.” Then he continued: “As we said after the jury’s latest verdict, we continue to monitor every statement Donald Trump makes about our client, E. Jean Carroll.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Kaplan’s response.
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