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5/9/23 news report (link): "Trump liable for battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll suit"
Article excerpt:
"The jury awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in the lawsuit. Jury members found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her, and awarded damages of $2 million in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages for battery.
The jury awarded $1 million in damages, $1.7 million for reputation repair, and $280,000 in punitive damages, for defamation.
The jury reached its verdict after just under three hours of deliberations.
Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by about two dozen women, and has denied all such claims. Carroll's battery allegation was the first to make it before a jury."
...More reading, for additional background. Online encyclopedia article link:
"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations"
Also: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/nyregion/jury-trump-carroll-verdict-options.html
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↓BTW, FWIW an except from an American Bar Association article, which may become pertinent:
"An appeal is not a retrial or a new trial of the case. The appeals courts do not usually consider new witnesses or new evidence. Appeals in either civil or criminal cases are usually based on arguments that there were errors in the trial s procedure or errors in the judge's interpretation of the law."
