Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million, will appeal verdict

Larniavc said:

Mr Trump could have saved $73 million by simply not continuing to defame a person he had been found guilty of defaming. Is someone with this poor insight lack of long term thinking fit to be in charge of the arsenal of the most powerful military on Earth?

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Larniavc said:

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Donald Trump was handed a stinging defeat on Friday by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll, who said he destroyed her reputation as a trustworthy journalist by denying he raped her.
Jurors needed less than three hours to reach a verdict in Manhattan federal court following a five-day trial. The sum that the former U.S. president was ordered to pay far exceeded the minimum $10 million that Carroll had sought.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-walks-out-courtroom-carrolls-lawyer-offers-closing-argument-2024-01-26/

Mr Trump could have saved $73 million by simply not continuing to defame a person he had been found guilty of defaming. Is someone with this poor insight lack of long term thinking fit to be in charge of the arsenal of the most powerful military on Earth?

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Larniavc said:

Mr Trump could have saved $73 million by simply not continuing to defame a person he had been found guilty of defaming. Is someone with this poor insight lack of long term thinking fit to be in charge of the arsenal of the most powerful military on Earth?

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Larniavc said:

That may be expecting too much. By his own words he clearly stated that he has the expectation that his money and fame allows him to place his hands on the nether regions of younger women at whim. He probably genuinely believed it was okay to do a sexual assault on her.

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evoeth said:

NYC Fraud @ 370 million (not yet final)
+ Carroll Defamation @ 83.3m
+ Carrol Defamation @ 5m

~ 460m in fines
Thanks to the beauty of leverage, this all may actually bury him.

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Ceallaigh said:

$2,600,000,000 - $460,000,000 = $2,140,000,000.

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Ceallaigh said:

$2,600,000,000 - $460,000,000 = $2,140,000,000.

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Bradskii said:

You do realise that this award is a punishment for what he did. There can be no denying that because we have read, seen and heard him do it.

To glibly suggest 'Hey, he can afford it' is to completely and utterly miss the point.

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A2SG said:

And that surprises you?

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Bradskii said:

Unfortunately no. The SOP seems to be:

Deny it happened in the first place.
Declare any procedure to determine if it happened 'a witch hunt'.
When it has been shown to have happened, claim it's a politically motivated act.
When punished, shrug shoulders, say that he can afford it.
Send in more donations.

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Bradskii said:

Unfortunately no. The SOP seems to be:

Deny it happened in the first place.
Declare any procedure to determine if it happened 'a witch hunt'.
When it has been shown to have happened, claim it's a politically motivated act.
When punished, shrug shoulders, say that he can afford it.
Send in more donations.

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Bradskii said:

You do realise that this award is a punishment for what he did. There can be no denying that because we have read, seen and heard him do it.

To glibly suggest 'Hey, he can afford it' is to completely and utterly miss the point.

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Bradskii said:

Unfortunately no. The SOP seems to be:

Deny it happened in the first place.
Declare any procedure to determine if it happened 'a witch hunt'.
When it has been shown to have happened, claim it's a politically motivated act.
When punished, shrug shoulders, say that he can afford it.
Send in more donations.

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Ceallaigh said:

Nope. He got his comeuppance.

However he's still a billionaire and there's still a good chance he'll regain the presidency.

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A2SG said:

That assumes, of course, that Trump hasn't inflated his net worth.

-- A2SG, for a businessman, he doesn't seem good with numbers...like the square footage of his apartment....

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Ceallaigh said:

His official net worth is $2.6 billion according to CNN and MSNBC et al.

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