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.
Decide Lewis Kaplan wrote in his ruling:
Mr. Trump’s argument is fully with out benefit each as a matter of legislation and as a matter of reality for the entire causes articulated in Ms. Carroll’s memorandum of legislation 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 legislation malice.
It ignores the truth that these defamatory statements had been seen between not less than 85 to 104 million instances, whereas there is no such thing as a proof in any respect as to the dissemination of The Minimize article to which defendant seeks to assign the entire damages suffered by Ms. Carroll and which was not even alleged to have been defamatory. It ignores as properly the truth that the jury was entitled to consider Ms. Carroll’s testimony as to the influence of the June 21 and 22 statements on her. And it ignores the shortage of any persuasive authorized authority supporting Mr. Trump’s competition. Certainly, the legislation is obvious that when competing theories and proof are introduced at trial, the problem of causation in the end is one for the jury, which the Courtroom mustn’t ordinarily disturb.
Briefly, the argument which Mr. Trump made to the jury, conspicuously with out success and which defies widespread sense -does not benefit dismissal as a matter of legislation.
In case you questioning, Donald Trump remains to be attempting to keep away from 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 all the pieces conceivable to keep away from paying E. Jean Carroll, and Decide Kaplan continues to slam the door on him.
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