Attorneys for former President Donald Trump will argue that a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll should be thrown out.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump will appear before a federal appeals panel on Friday to argue that a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll was 'unjust' and should be thrown out.The case is one of two in which unanimous federal juries awarded Carroll a total of more than $88 million.
' They said two of Carroll's friends should not have been allowed to testify. The friends said Carroll confided in them in the 1990s, shortly after the alleged attack. Trump has denied all wrongdoing.Trump's lawyers also said two other women should not have been allowed on the stand. Carroll's attorneys called Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff, who testified about alleged abuse by Trump that bore similarities to Carroll's accusations.
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