Former President Donald Trump has dropped his defamation lawsuit against ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos. The lawsuit stemmed from an interview Stephanopoulos conducted with Rep. Nancy Mace where he asked her about Trump's legal battle with E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of rape. Trump alleged that Stephanopoulos's language in the interview was defamatory.
“We are pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing,” ABC News spokesperson Jeannie Kedas said. Trump alleged that the network and Stephanopoulos, the former White House communications director under Bill Clinton and the host of “This Week,” defamed him in March of this year. The lawsuit stems from an interview Stephanopoulos conducted with Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, about another defamation case.
Yet, Kaplan said that just because the jury went forward with the sexual abuse charge “does not mean that failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’” “Indeed,” Kaplan continued, “as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump, in fact, did exactly that.
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