Trump asks judge to hold retrial or reduce $5 million damages in E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case
CNBC 2023-06-08 18:47:45 • 5 mins
Key Points
- Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge to order a retrial on monetary damages for a lawsuit accusing the former president of sexually assaulting the writer E. Jean Carroll, or to sharply reduce the $5 million award a trial jury ordered for her last month.
- Trump's request leans on the fact that the jury did not find that Trump raped her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, but instead found that he was liable for sexually abusing her.
Former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watches as Joe Tacopina, lawyer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, makes closing arguments during a civil trial where Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and of defamation, in New York, May 8, 2023.
Jane Rosenberg | Reuters
Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge to order a retrial on the question of monetary damages for a lawsuit accusing the former president of sexually assaulting the writer E. Jean Carroll, or to sharply reduce the $5 million award a civil trial jury ordered for her last month.
