ABC News and George Stephanopoulos to pay $15M to Donald Trump, will issue statements of regret in defamation lawsuit
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is “apoplectic” and “humiliated” by payout to Donald Trump , according to a source.A third source said Stephanopoulos “is a very guarded person. His circle of trust is so small, and a lot of them don’t work .“
The settlement “is another gut punch,” one of the people said. “It’s sheer level embarrassment. People are furious.” “This wasn’t a news division decision, it was a company decision,” one of the sources speculated, adding: “They likely didn’t want to go through discovery, when you search all the documents and all the emails and find everything that’s said, and turn it over to the other side.”A source with knowledge of the situation told The Post that the $16 million payout is coming from the network’s insurance.incorrectly noted that the former president “has been found liable for rape by a jury.
In a sign that Disney is looking for a reset with the president-elect, Debra OConnell, who oversees ABC News, paid a visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump,Industry insiders speculated that Disney CEO Bob Iger wanted to put the legal matter to rest before Trump took office because he was fearful it would affect other departments in the company’s portfolio that are subject to government regulation.
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