Writer E Jean Carroll is seeking to amend the first of two defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump to demand at least $US10 million in additional damages, citing comments he made on CNN after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her.
Writer E Jean Carroll sought on Monday to amend the first of her two defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump to demand at least $US10 million in additional damages, citing comments he made on CNN after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her.
A federal jury in Manhattan on May 9 found Mr Trump sexually abused Ms Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by lying about it in October 2022.Mr Trump has appealed the verdict and has called Ms Carroll's claims a "complete con job." "Trump'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," her lawyers wrote.Mr Trump's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday.
During a CNN town hall the day after the verdict, Mr Trump said he "never met this woman" and called Ms Carroll's account a "fake," "made-up story" invented by a "whack job".Ms Carroll, a former Elle magazine advice columnist, filed her second lawsuit for both defamation and battery after New York passed a law giving sexual assault victims a new window to sue even if the statute of limitations had passed.
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