ABC News to pay $15 million to settle Trump's defamation case
Ahmedabad Mirror|December 16, 2024
It was a rare victory for US president elect Trump because US laws make it difficult for public figures to win libel or defamation cases
ABC News to pay $15 million to settle Trump's defamation case

US President-elect Donald Trump has won a $15 million settlement in a defamation case against ABC News TV and its star anchor George Stephanopoulos, who had accused him of raping a woman.

The settlement was announced Saturday noon, days before lawyers were to question both Trump and Stephanopoulos and it ended the case.

The case hinged on a thin legal distinction between "rape" and "sexual abuse" because Stephanopoulos had said that Trump had raped a woman while a jury in a civil case had only found that he had sexually abused the woman.

This story is from the December 16, 2024 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.

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