A New York jury has awarded James TobackThe accusers are a considerable sum.
THE Two girls and a guy The director was ordered to pay $ 1.68 billion to 40 women who accused him of sexual assault between 1979 and 2014, according to lawyers from the complainants.
The April 9 judgment, which was not made available by the court, included $ 280 million in compensatory damages and $ 1.4 billion in punitive damages, lawyer, lawyer Brad Beckworth said in a press release obtained by E! News.
“This verdict concerns justice,” he said. “But more importantly, it is a question of bringing power back to attackers – and their catalysts – and to return it to those he tried to control and of silence.”
Beckworth, who, in an interview, described the judgment of the jury as among the most important in New York State History, added that he was “very proud” of the “brutally honest” testimony of his customers, calling him “empowering – for them and for all women”.
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