Trump Loses Appeal in $5-M Defamation, Sex Abuse Verdict
The Philippine Star|January 01, 2025
A federal appeals court on Dec. 30 upheld a $5-million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the US president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist.
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Trump Loses Appeal in $5-M Defamation, Sex Abuse Verdict

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Trump's argument that the trial judge should not have let jurors hear evidence about the Republican's alleged past sexual misconduct, making the trial and verdict unfair.

The court said that evidence, including Trump bragging about his sexual prowess on an "Access Hollywood" video that surfaced during the 2016 US presidential campaign, established a "repeated, idiosyncratic pattern of conduct" consistent with Carroll's allegations.

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