<p>Former President Donald Trump sued ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos on Monday, arguing that the news host defamed him on-air multiple times.</p>
<p>Trump filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Miami, alleging that Stephanopoulos harmed his reputation after the ABC News host said during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) last week that Trump was found liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-abc-stephanopoulos.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Last year, a jury in a Manhattan civil case found the former president liable for sexually abusing Carroll, not for rape.</p>
<p>“Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape. How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?&#8221; Stephanopoulos asked Mace during the interview.</p>
<p>In a 20-page <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.664183/gov.uscourts.flsd.664183.1.0.pdf">complaint</a>, Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito wrote, “These statements were and remain false, and were made by Defendant Stephanopoulos with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for the truth given that Defendant Stephanopoulos knows that these statements are patently and demonstrably false.”</p>
<p>“Indeed, the jury expressly found that Plaintiff did not commit rape and, as demonstrated below, Defendant George Stephanopoulos was aware of the jury’s finding in this regard yet still falsely stated otherwise,” Brito added, according to <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4541257-trump-sues-abc-stephanopoulos-alleging-defamation-mace-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>.</p>
<p>Trump has asked for an unspecified amount of damages in the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Mace <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-rips-george-stephanopoulos-over-tense-interview-about-trump-tried-to-shame-me-as-a-rape-victim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> Stephanopoulos during the interview after he grilled her on her support of the former president, referencing that the congresswoman had been a rape victim herself. She insisted the question was “offensive” and “disgusting.” Mace added, “You’re questioning my political choices because I’ve been raped.”</p>
<p>The jury in the civil case found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her after the writer claimed Trump followed her into a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store and forcibly digitally penetrated her in the mid-1990s.</p>
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<p>Trump has also attempted to countersue Carroll for continuing to accuse him of rape during appearances on cable news after the jury’s verdict. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, however, rejected Trump’s counterclaims, saying that “The difference between Ms. Carroll’s allegedly defamatory statements — that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as defined in the New York Penal Law — and the ‘truth’ — that Mr. Trump forcibly digitally penetrated Ms. Carroll — is minimal.”</p>
<p>“Both are felonious sex crimes,” Kaplan added.</p>
<p>The jury later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-fines-trump-83-3-million-over-eight-times-lawsuits-request-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awarded</a> Carroll $83.3 million in damages, finding that Trump owed Carroll $11 million to cover the costs of a campaign to repair the harm done to her reputation and $7.3 million to address the emotional harm the 80-year-old writer sustained from remarks Trump made in 2019 about her and her accusations of rape. The jury ordered Trump to pay another $65 million in punitive damages.</p>
<p>“Absolutely ridiculous!” Trump said in a statement following the jury’s verdict. “I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a political weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”</p>
<p><em>Tim Pearce contributed to this report. </em></p>


George Stephanopoulos/Donald Trump

Trump Sues George Stephanopoulos, ABC News After Host Said Former President Was Found ‘Liable For Rape’

Trump Sues George Stephanopoulos, ABC News After Host Said Former President Was Found 'Liable For Rape'

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Defamation

Donald Trump

E. Jean Carroll

George Stephanopoulos

Lawsuit

Media

Politics

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A state judge ruled against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/notre-dame-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Notre Dame</a> professor Tamara Kay on Monday after the pro-abortion faculty member at the Catholic university </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-professor-sues-conservative-college-newspaper-for-defamation" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sued a conservative student newspaper</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, alleging it defamed her.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kay, who teaches sociology, sued the student newspaper — the Irish Rover — last May, claiming it made “false and defamatory statements” about her in two articles that revealed the professor was promoting abortion access, even though Notre Dame states that it </span><a href="https://president.nd.edu/homilies-writings-addresses/institutional-statement-supporting-the-choice-for-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">holds</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a view consistent with the Catholic Church opposing abortion. St. Joseph County, Indiana, Judge Steven David ruled that the court found the statements made about Kay in the articles “were true, within the meaning of the law, not made with actual malice, [and] did not contain a defamatory inference,” the College Fix </span><a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/pro-abortion-notre-dame-professor-loses-defamation-lawsuit-against-student-newspaper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements were made in the furtherance of the defendant’s right to free speech, were made in connection with a public issue, were made with good faith and with a reasonable basis in law and fact,” David </span><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/697698325/St-Joseph-County-IN-judge-dismisses-Tamara-Kay-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kay alleged that after the Irish Rover published its articles on her, she “has been harassed, threatened, and experienced damage to her residential property” and “has suffered mentally and emotionally.” In his ruling, however, the judge wrote that Kay “has intentionally placed herself into the national discussion on abortion” after she posted on social media and published commentary in newspapers “advocating abortion legalization.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The professor complained about a headline used by the Irish Rover for one of its pieces, which stated that she was “Help[ing] Students Obtain Abortions.” Kay argued that the headline defamed her, but Judge David wrote that the headline “was not unreasonable given all of the facts of this case,” according to the College Fix.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Irish Rover </span><a href="https://irishrover.net/2022/10/keough-school-professor-offers-abortion-access-to-student/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Kay placed a poster on her door that had a “J” with a circle around it, which “denotes Notre Dame professors who are willing to help students access abortion.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is a SAFE SPACE to get help and information on ALL Healthcare issues and access—confidentially with care and compassion,” the poster said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Judge David wrote that the encircled “J” on the poster “can most reasonably mean to infer” that Kay was “willing to help students access abortions,” which was the crux of the Irish Rover’s article.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kay’s lawsuit also alleged that the newspaper misrepresented her quotes. The National Review listened to the audio obtained by the Irish Rover and found that the quotes were accurate while there was some deviation. The Daily Caller also analyzed recordings of Kay and found that there were a few “minor inaccuracies” in the Irish Rover’s reporting, but its articles accurately preserved the substance of the professor’s statements and actions.</span></p>


Notre Dame

Judge Rules Against Pro-Abortion Notre Dame Professor Who Sued Conservative Student Newspaper For Defamation

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U.S.

<p>A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is liable for allegedly making defamatory remarks about writer E. Jean Carroll after she first publicly accused him four years ago of sexually assaulting her at a Manhattan department store during the mid-1990s.</p>
<p>U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York said an upcoming trial scheduled for January 2024 &#8220;shall be limited to the issue of damages only.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The truth or falsity of Mr. Trump&#8217;s 2019 statements therefore depends — like the truth or falsity of his 2022 statement — on whether Ms. Carroll lied about Mr. Trump sexually assaulting her. The jury&#8217;s finding that she did not therefore is binding in this case and precludes Mr. Trump from contesting the falsity of his 2019 statements,&#8221; Kaplan wrote in a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.214.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25-page ruling</a>.</p>
<p>Trump lost a legal battle against Carroll earlier this year when a New York federal jury found the former president allegedly committed battery against the former columnist and later defamed her while denying her claim. Trump, who has long denied the allegations against him from Carroll, appealed the jury&#8217;s verdict in which he was ordered to pay $5 million in damages.</p>
<p>Carroll sued Trump last November in New York, the same day a new law opened a one-time, one-year window for adult sexual assault survivors outside the statute of limitations to seek civil damages for sexual battery.</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team filed the counterclaim in June, which said Carroll &#8220;disregarded the jury&#8217;s finding that Counterclaimant did not rape her,&#8221; as part of a separate defamation lawsuit brought by the writer in 2019 and set to go to trial in January. But Kaplan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-tosses-trumps-defamation-claim-against-e-jean-carroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tossed</a> the counterclaim last month.</p>
<p>Judge Kaplan also denied a bid from Trump&#8217;s attorneys to reduce any more damages awarded to Carroll.</p>
<p>Trump has dismissed his losses to Carroll as &#8220;a Miscarriage of Justice and a total Scam&#8221; on his Truth Social page.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The trial was very unfair, with the other side being able to do and present virtually anything they wanted, and our side being largely and wrongfully shut down by an absolutely hostile, biased, and out of control judge,&#8221; he wrote in July.</p>
<p>Trump attorney Alina Habba reportedly argued that Carroll&#8217;s earlier case would nullify the judge&#8217;s ruling if the appeals court favored the former president&#8217;s claim.</p>
<p>&#8220;We remain very confident that the Carroll II verdict will be overturned on appeal, which will render this decision moot,&#8221; Habba told NBC News in a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-liable-defamation-second-e-jean-carroll-case-judge-rules-rcna103632" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;We also anticipate that the Second Circuit will stay this trial as it considers the meritorious defenses that have been raised by President Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump is running a 2024 campaign for a second term in the White House. In addition to civil litigation, he faces multiple indictments at the state and federal levels. The former president broadly denies any wrongdoing, claiming he is the target of a &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.</em></p>


BC-TRUMP-ACCUSER-NY

Trump Found Liable For Defamation In Second E. Jean Carroll Case, Judge Rules

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A New York judge rejected former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump’s</a> request to dismiss columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation charges against him, only two days after Trump countersued her for defamation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.172.0_4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">46-page opinion</a>, the judge refused to dismiss the case on any of Trump’s four grounds, including “absolute presidential immunity.”</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/e-jean-carroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carroll</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is suing Trump for declaring in a 2019 </span><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/450116-trump-vehemently-denies-e-jean-carroll-allegation-shes-not-my-type/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that she was “totally lying” in her allegation that he raped her in the 1990s.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, okay?” Trump told The Hill.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last month, a jury found Trump guilty of sexually assaulting Carroll and also found Trump liable for defamation after he further denied Carroll’s claims in an October 2022 Truth Social post where he called Carroll’s claims “<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-allows-jean-carroll-amend-pending-defamation-lawsuit/story?id=100052469">a hoax and a lie.</a>”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carroll recently filed a third defamation claim over further remarks Trump made about the incident in a CNN Town Hall in May, while Trump filed a countersuit against Carroll for defamation over a </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">comment she made on CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> following the jury verdict claiming that Trump raped her when the jury had only found him liable for sexual assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump asked for a dismissal of the claims in part because he said he was guaranteed “non-waivable” presidential immunity, given that he made the comments while he was still president: Trump said he made the comments in 2019 because Carroll’s accusations “threatened his ability to effectively govern the nation.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan concluded that Trump did not sufficiently demonstrate that Carroll’s comments could have harmed his ability to govern.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Mr. Trump does not identify any connection between the allegedly defamatory content of his statements – that Ms. Carroll fabricated her sexual assault accusation and did so for financial and personal gain – to any official responsibility of the president,” Kaplan wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kaplan </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/29/trump-carroll-defamation-immunity-ruling-00104306" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">added</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that even if presidential immunity did apply, Trump “delayed unduly in raising his presidential immunity” by not invoking it at the time Carroll filed the suit, only raising it three years later.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the ruling, Kaplan also mentioned another instance in which Trump’s actions as a president did not grant him absolute immunity &#8212; another federal judge, Amit Mehta, wrote that Trump’s January 6 speech to his supporters was not protected on the grounds of presidential immunity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan said the judge’s decision “removes one more impediment” to a January 15 trial.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Trump chose to waive presidential immunity and now he must live with the results of that decision,” she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The judge’s rejection means that the case will likely go to trial, adding it onto the long list of pending cases against Trump, including an </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-says-hes-been-indicted-in-federal-documents-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">indictment by the Department of Justice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> over his alleged mishandling of classified documents.</span></p>


WARWICK, NEW YORK – JUNE 21, 2019: E. Jean Carroll at her home

Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid To Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit

Judge Rejects Trump's Bid To Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit

<p>Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is suing writer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/e-jean-carroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E. Jean Carroll</a> for defamation in their protracted legal fight.</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s lawyers<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.171.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a counterclaim</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>on Tuesday in New York federal court, listing various instances over the years when Carroll accused Trump of raping her.</p>
<p>The most recent instance, they note, happened during a TV interview on May 10, one day after a jury in a separate case found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation but not for rape.</p>
<p>Carroll &#8220;disregarded the jury’s finding that Counterclaimant did not rape her&#8221; and said: &#8220;oh yes he did, oh yes he did,&#8221; the filing states.</p>
<p>Trump, who is running for another stint in the White House, has repeatedly denied Carroll&#8217;s allegations that he raped her during the mid-1990s in a Manhattan department store.</p>
<p>Carroll has filed multiple legal claims against Trump, including the sex-abuse suit in which the jury awarded her $5 million in damages last month. She was able to sue thanks to <a href="https://19thnews.org/2023/05/e-jean-carroll-trump-new-law-justice-assault-survivors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York enacting a law</a> that gave alleged sexual abuse victims a one-year period to sue their alleged assailants, even if the statute of limitations on their claim had expired.</p>
<p>The new counterclaim from Trump&#8217;s legal team is part of a separate<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/carroll-v.-trump-complaint113-wm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defamation lawsuit</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>filed in 2019 that is set to go to trial in January and seeks at least<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/e-jean-carroll-can-pursue-10-mln-lawsuit-against-donald-trump-judge-2023-06-13/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 million in damages</a>.</p>
<p>The court <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/11/carroll-trump-lawsuit-rejected/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously rejected</a> Trump&#8217;s bid to countersue last year, but the fresh attempt comes after the judge allowed Carroll to amend her <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/politics/e-jean-carroll-damages-trump-cnn-town-hall/index.html#:~:text=E.%20Jean%20Carroll%20arrives%20for,2023%2C%20in%20New%20York%20City.&amp;text=A%20federal%20judge%20will%20allow,at%20a%20CNN%20town%20hall." target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> earlier this month with new comments from Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brings-rigged-election-fight-to-cnn-town-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denying that he knew Carroll</a> and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-allows-jean-carroll-amend-pending-defamation-lawsuit/story?id=100052469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling her allegations a &#8220;hoax and a lie.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>In response to Trump&#8217;s latest countersuit bid, Carroll&#8217;s lawyer<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roberta Kaplan said</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trump &#8220;again argues, contrary to both logic and fact, that he was exonerated by a jury that found that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Kaplan also said: &#8220;Trump’s filing is thus nothing more than his latest effort to delay accountability for what a jury has already found to be his defamation of E. Jean Carroll. But whether he likes it or not, that accountability is coming very soon.&#8221;</p>
<p>The counterclaim from Trump&#8217;s legal team seeks various forms of relief, including retractions, damages, and a denial of the relief sought by Carroll.</p>
<p>Trump &#8220;has been the subject of significant harm to his reputation, which, in turn, has yielded an inordinate amount of damages sustained as a result&#8221; of Carroll&#8217;s claims, the filing says.</p>


Trump Sues E. Jean Carroll For Defamation

2024 Election

Rape

<p>Former President Donald Trump could face an additional $10 million in damages in a defamation case filed by writer E. Jean Carroll for having &#8220;doubled down&#8221; on remarks made about her during a town hall event on CNN.</p>
<p>A federal jury in New York found Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-appeals-carroll-verdict-as-carroll-mulls-over-filing-third-defamation-lawsuit-over-town-hall-remarks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">liable</a> on May 9 of committing battery against Carroll and later defaming her when he vociferously denied her claim that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. The defamation lawsuit involved Trump&#8217;s comments from a Truth Social post in October 2022, referring to Carroll&#8217;s allegations as a &#8220;complete con job&#8221; and saying that she &#8220;is not my type.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nine members of a civil trial jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million to Carroll in damages — taking just two and half hours of deliberation to reach the unanimous verdict — two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Attorneys representing Carroll, 79, proposed amendments on Monday to the first of her two defamation lawsuits against Trump, which would hold the former president liable for remarks made at a CNN broadcast on May 10.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump&#8217;s defamatory statements post-verdict show the depth of his malice toward Carroll since it is hard to imagine defamatory conduct that could possibly be more motivated by hatred, ill will, or spite,&#8221; the lawyers wrote in the <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18418220/157/1/carroll-v-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a>. &#8220;This conduct supports a very substantial punitive damages award in Carroll&#8217;s favor both to punish Trump, to deter him from engaging in further defamation, and to deter others from doing the same.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the town hall, the former president called the verdict a &#8220;fake story&#8221; and denied he knew Carroll.</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s a whack job,&#8221; Trump said, adding, &#8220;What kind of a woman meets somebody and brings them up, and within minutes you&#8217;re playing hanky-panky in a dressing room.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump continued to deny the accusation in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, claiming the Carroll case is &#8220;part of the Democrats playbook to tarnish&#8221; his name and likeness.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is being funded and tried by Democrat operatives, although this was denied by them, and when they got caught in the lie, the Clinton appointed judge would not let us use it in trial,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110417846464005356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Time will prove him to be highly partisan &amp; very unfair. Where&#8217;s the dress she said she had?&#8221;</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/e-jean-carroll-seeks-new-damages-trump-over-post-verdict-statements-2023-05-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, attorneys for Carroll said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday that because &#8220;Trump&#8217;s alleged defamatory statements were essentially the same, the only open issues are whether he was immune for making the first statement, and if not what damages he owes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Attorneys for Trump filed a notice of appeal in New York on May 11, contesting the federal jury&#8217;s verdict that found him liable for committing battery and defamation.</p>


Donald Trump and Kaitlan Collins

E. Jean Carroll Seeks $10 Million In Damages Against Trump Over CNN Town Hall Remarks

<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s social media company is seeking $3.78 billion in damages in a defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post for publishing &#8220;an egregious hit piece&#8221; earlier this month that accused the company of securities fraud and other wrongdoings.</p>
<p>Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the owner of Truth Social, filed the <a href="https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/Complaint%20-%205.20.23_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> on Saturday in a Sarasota County, Florida, state court house, which accuses The Post&#8217;s article of causing an &#8220;enormous&#8221; loss that created an &#8220;existential threat&#8221; to the social media platform.</p>
<p>&#8220;WaPo has been on a years-long crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment of relevant information in its possession—a bitterly ironic truth for a publication whose motto is &#8216;Democracy Dies in Darkness,'&#8221; the lawsuit reads.</p>
<p>Trump launched Truth Social last year as an alternative to Twitter and other social media platforms for conservative users who said they were censored and discriminated against for their political views.</p>
<p>According to the lawsuit, the legacy media outlet published the online article headlined, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/trump-truth-social-loan-questions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump&#8217;s Truth Social&#8221;</a> on May 13, 2023, which stated TMTG failed to disclose key details about a proposed merger to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shareholders.</p>
<p>&#8220;The clickbait headline of the WaPo Article&#8230; immediately grabbed the common mind of readers, falsely insinuating that TMTG was involved in shady business dealings,&#8221; the suit claims.</p>
<p>The article alleged a series of accusations involving a bank in the Caribbean islands that offered $8 million in loans to TMTG.</p>
<p>&#8220;[TMTG] borrowed money from a bank best known for servicing the adult entertainment, pledged a stake in the company for the loan and didn&#8217;t tell the SEC,&#8221; the article says.</p>
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<p>The lawsuit says The Post published nine false claims and circulated the misinformation to its 2.5 million subscribers and 20 million Twitter followers.</p>
<p>“In order to further spread the smear and increase the damage to TMTG, WaPo engaged agents from both within and outside the company to broadly republish the defamation,” the complaint alleges.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for The Post declined to comment on the lawsuit.</p>
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<p>Attorneys for former President Donald Trump filed a notice of appeal in New York on Thursday contesting the verdict that found him liable for committing battery and defamation against 79-year-old former columnist E. Jean Carroll.</p>
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<p>Nine members of a civil trial jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million to Carroll in damages, taking two and half hours of deliberation before reaching the unanimous verdict earlier this week.</p>
<p>Trump’s team later released a statement saying they would appeal the case, which they described as an effort from the Democratic Party to stop the former president’s 2024 campaign.</p>
<p>“Trump will never stop fighting for the American people, no matter what the radical Democrats dream up next,” the statement said. “This case will be appealed, and we will ultimately win.”</p>
<p>Carroll <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jury-rules-trump-committed-battery-on-e-jean-carroll-defamed-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, but the jury denied the allegation against the former president. According to <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4000608-trump-appeals-e-jean-carroll-verdict/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>, the jury argued Trump was more likely than not to have committed sexual abuse, which allowed them to reach the sexual battery verdict.</p>
<p>Carroll sued Trump last November in New York, the same day a new law opened a one-time, one-year window for adult sexual assault survivors outside the statute of limitations to seek civil damages for sexual battery.</p>
<p>The defamation lawsuit involved Trump&#8217;s comments from a social media post in 2022, denying Carroll&#8217;s allegations as a &#8220;complete con job&#8221; and that she &#8220;is not my type.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s appeal comes the same day lawyers for Carroll told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> she may file a third defamation lawsuit against Trump over comments he made during a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table, obviously, and we have to give serious consideration to it,&#8221; Kaplan said. &#8220;We have to weigh the various pros and cons and we&#8217;ll come to a decision in the next day or so, probably.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the town hall, the former president called the verdict a &#8220;fake story&#8221; and denied he knew Carroll.</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s a whack job,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;What kind of a woman meets somebody and brings them up, and within minutes you&#8217;re playing hanky-panky in a dressing room,&#8221; Trump said</p>
<p>Carroll responded to Trump&#8217;s comments to The Times after reading a portion of the CNN town hall transcript.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just stupid,&#8221; Carroll said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just disgusting, vile, foul — it wounds people.&#8221;</p>
<p>Carroll initially filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump during his presidency in 2019 over comments he made said when she first made the accusations, which a Washington, D.C. appeals court has held up the case on whether, under local law, Trump should be immune within his role as president.</p>


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Trump Appeals Carroll Verdict As Carroll Mulls Over Filing Third Defamation Lawsuit Over Town Hall Remarks

Trump Appeals Carroll Verdict As She Mulls Over Filing Third Defamation Lawsuit Over Town Hall Remarks

<p>Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced late on Sunday that the start of the Fox News-Dominion defamation trial — which was scheduled to begin on Monday in Wilmington — would be delayed by one additional day.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Court has decided to continue the start of the trial, including jury selection, until Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. I will make such an announcement tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 7E,&#8221; Davis said in a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/16/media/fox-dominion-what-to-know/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2023-04-17T00%3A36%3A03&amp;utm_source=twCNN&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> released Sunday evening.</p>
<p>The court did not give any details explaining why the trial was being delayed, but the decision came just after a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-news-dominion-prepare-for-battle-in-1-6-billion-defamation-trial-fad2e9a6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal stated the network might be looking to make a last-minute settlement. Previous attempts to settle the case had been unsuccessful.</p>
<p>The Washington Post published a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/04/16/fox-news-dominion-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on Sunday suggesting that might be the direction things were headed, noting that the delay appeared to be a move designed &#8220;to allow both parties to hold conversations about the possibility of a settlement.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dominion Voting Systems has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/17/dominion-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-news-delayed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged</a> that Fox News allowed anchors to perpetuate claims that they helped to rig the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in President Joe Biden&#8217;s favor — and is seeking $1.6 billion in damages from the network, claiming that executives allowed anchors to continue making the claims even when they knew them to be false.</p>
<p>If the case does proceed as planned beginning on Tuesday the proceedings are expected to last approximately six weeks — and the outcome could have significant impact on the way the general public views media.</p>
<p>Victoria Baranetsky, general counsel at the Center for Investigative Reporting, explained: &#8220;In some ways, it’s just another piece of litigation for a large dollar amount, but it’s also unlike any case you’ve seen before, weighing the future of Fox News, what’s permissible for what a reporter can trust, and the future of faith in the media. In those ways, the stakes are high.&#8221;</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-countersues-insurance-company-over-depp-verdict/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amber Heard</a> has settled her defamation case against ex-husband <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-johnny-depp-is-dating-his-attorney-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Depp</a> — forking over just a portion of the amount she was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-owes-johnny-depp-millions-her-latest-moves-might-give-insight-into-how-shell-pay-but-probably-not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially ordered</a> to pay — and she released a statement refusing to admit any fault and condemning the American justice system.</p>
<p>According to a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/19/amber-heard-paying-1-million-settle-johnny-depp-defamation-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from entertainment website TMZ, Heard will pay $1 million to Depp in order to settle the case permanently after she was ordered over the summer to pay him 10 times that amount. The report indicated that the payment is likely to come from Heard&#8217;s insurance company rather than her own bank account, however.</p>
<p>Heard released a lengthy statement addressing the settlement, sharing it publicly via Instagram:</p>
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<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed,&#8221; Heard began, claiming that the backlash she had received on social media was sexist and only proved that women who come forward to claim that they are victims of domestic violence are re-victimized by the court of public opinion.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession,&#8221; she insisted, going on to claim that because the American court had decided against her, the British justice system — which &#8220;vindicated&#8221; her — was the only system of the two that functioned properly.</p>
<p>Heard argued that the U.S. court had thrown out good evidence that would have proven her claims, saying that the entire process had humiliated her and had proven that the in the American court system, &#8220;popularity and power mattered more than reason and due process.&#8221; Her decision to settle, she said, was borne solely out of her desire to avoid going through the process a third time.</p>
<p>&#8220;For too many years I have been caged in an arduous and expensive legal process, which has shown itself unable to protect me and my right to free speech,&#8221; Heard continued, adding that she intended to spend her time with her daughter and repeating her claim that the system was slanted against female victims. &#8220;Women shouldn’t have to face abuse or bankruptcy for speaking her truth, but unfortunately it is not uncommon.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I will not be threatened, disheartened or dissuaded by what happened from speaking the truth. No one can and no one will take that from me. My voice forever remains the most valuable asset I have,&#8221; she asserted.</p>
<p>Heard testified at length during her Virginia trial over the summer, but the jury did not find her testimony to be <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/crocodile-tears-juror-reveals-what-tipped-the-scales-in-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">credible</a> and sided mostly with Depp.</p>
<p>Depp has not yet commented on the settlement.</p>


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‘I Have Made No Admission’: Defiant Amber Heard Blasts U.S. Justice System, Settles Defamation Case For A Cool $1 Million

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ricky-martin"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ricky Martin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is responding to the false allegation of sexual abuse brought against him by serving his nephew with a $20 million </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lawsuit</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 50-year-old Latin </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pop singer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> filed the lawsuit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday against his relative Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, per </span><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/07/ricky-martin-sues-nephew-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TMZ</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Martin claims his nephew was attempting to “assassinate his reputation and integrity.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In July, Sanchez had gone public with claims that he had engaged in a 7-month romantic relationship with Martin and that afterward, Martin began stalking and harassing him. Sanchez filed a restraining order but later withdrew the petition. He <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/09/08/ricky-martin-sues-nephew-extortion-sexual-assault-lawsuit/8020493001/">admitted</a> under oath that he had never been sexually assaulted by Martin.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This latest lawsuit alleges that Sanchez was the one behaving in a harassing manner, sending Martin multiple messages every day. The court filing described him as a “maladjusted individual.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The suit further alleges that Sanchez posted Martin’s personal cell phone number to Instagram and created an account pretending to be one of Martin’s children. It states that Martin has lost numerous multi-million dollar deals due to the backlash from his nephew&#8217;s false allegations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer also mentioned that he and his family now feel “unsafe” in Puerto Rico because of what happened. These adverse outcomes spurred the demand for $20 million plus an order for Sanchez to cease communication with Martin and his family. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previously, Martin detailed how “devastating” the false accusations were and how they impacted his life. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For two weeks, I was not allowed to defend myself because I was following a procedure where the law obligated me not to talk until I was in front of the judge,” Martin said in a video in late July, as the Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wouldnt-wish-this-upon-anybody-ricky-martin-breaks-silence-on-nonsense-incest-allegations-from-his-nephew"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He said after the allegations had been “proven to be false,” he wanted to tell the “truth” about what really happened.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It has been so painful. It has been devastating for me, for my family, for my friends, and I wouldn’t wish this upon anybody,” Martin continued.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“To the person that was claiming this nonsense, I wish him the best and I wish he finds the help so he can start a new life filled with love and truth and joy, and he doesn’t hurt anybody else.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer concluded by thanking fans for standing by him through it all. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You have no idea the strength that you gave me,” he concluded. “Every comment you wrote on social media. I wish you love and light — and here we come with the same strength and passion. God bless you all.”</span></p>


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Ricky Martin Slaps Nephew Who Falsely Accused Him Of Sexual Assault With $20M Lawsuit For Trying To ‘Assassinate’ His Reputation

Ricky Martin Slaps Nephew Who Falsely Accused Him Of Sexual Assault With $20M Lawsuit 

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<p>Whitney Heard, the younger sister of actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amber-heard">Amber Heard</a>, publicly fumed over the inclusion of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-depp">Johnny Depp</a> at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday.</p>
<p>Amber Heard has claimed that Depp, her ex-husband, physically and sexually abused her during their relationship; Depp has denied all allegations. A jury on June 1 found that the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; actress defamed Depp in an op-ed about domestic violence published by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post">The Washington Post</a> in 2018, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why">awarding</a> Depp $15 million in damages.</p>
<p>&#8220;[MTV] you&#8217;re disgusting and clearly desperate!&#8221; Whitney said on her Instagram stories, Sunday evening. &#8220;I really hope that none of the people that made this call have daughters.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added the hashtags #IStandWithAmberHeard and #DVMAs, an apparent reference to domestic violence.</p>
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<p>Depp made a surprise appearance as the &#8220;Moon Person&#8221; award (formerly known as the &#8220;Moon Man&#8221; award) during the show. In a pre-recorded bit, the actor&#8217;s face was digitally superimposed into the helmet of the floating figure, People magazine <a href="https://people.com/movies/amber-heard-sister-calls-mtv-disgusting-for-including-johnny-depp-in-vmas/">reported</a>.</p>
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<p>Whitney notably <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heard-friend-jennifer-howell-expected-to-testify-for-johnny-depp-blow-up-sisters-staircase-incident">testified</a> on behalf of her sister during the highly publicized six-week-long defamation trial, in part accusing Depp of smacking Amber in the face during an alleged 2015 incident in the couple’s penthouse.</p>
<p>“He called her a ‘used-up trash bag,’ she called him ‘old and fat,&#8217;” Whitney <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/18/amber-heards-sister-says-johnny-depp-hit-her-during-blowout/">recalled</a> of the alleged incident. Then, Depp allegedly hit Whitney in the back, sparking Amber to “land one” on the actor, Whitney said. In response, Depp allegedly repeatedly smacked Amber in the face, the sister added.</p>
<p>During the intense trial, Amber Heard detailed serious allegations of abuse at the hands of Depp, including a rape with a possibly broken Maker’s Mark bottle. Depp and his legal team told the jury that Amber Heard perpetrated a #MeToo hoax to take from Depp and also to punish him for leaving her.</p>
<p>During closing arguments, Depp attorney Camille Vasquez said that Amber Heard &#8220;gave the performance of her life.&#8221;</p>
<p>“She came into this courtroom prepared to give the performance of her life, and she gave it,” Vasquez <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/camille-vasquez-accuses-amber-heard-sobbing-without-tears-1710914">said</a>. “Ms. Heard’s acting coach, Kristina Sexton, testified that Ms. Heard has difficulty crying when she is acting. You saw it, Ms. Heard sobbing without tears while spinning elaborate, exaggerated, fantastical accounts of abuse.”</p>
<p>“It was a performance,” the attorney told the jury. “She told you what she thinks you need to hear to convict this man as a domestic abuser and a rapist. She wants you to believe she was abused countless times. Countless times over the entire course of their relationship. But as Mr. [Ben] Chew and I promised you, the evidence just does not bear that out.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unsealed-docs-amber-heards-team-fought-to-have-nudes-exotic-dancer-past-blocked-from-trial">Unsealed Docs: Amber Heard’s Team Fought To Have Nudes, Exotic Dancer Past Blocked From Trial</a></strong></p>


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