INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
president.The penalty in the civil trial is made up of $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages.Mr Trump was found in a
previous civil case to have defamed Ms Carroll and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.He vowed to appeal the latest ruling, calling the
comments had done to her reputation and emotional wellbeing.The panel also had to come up with a punitive penalty intended to stop Mr Trump
from continuing to speak out against her.It took the jury of seven men and two women less than three hours to reach a verdict on Friday
case.As it concluded, he advised them that they were free to discuss their experience
But he added that in his opinion they should not tell anyone they worked on this case.Mr Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, or even
that he has ever met Ms Carroll, including on Friday morning.But following the verdict he refrained from attacking her directly when he
used as a Political Weapon
They have taken away all First Amendment Rights
store dressing room in the 1990s.That jury also found him liable of defamation for calling her accusations a lie - and he was ordered to pay
her about $5m in damages.The case that ended on Friday focused on different defamatory comments by Mr Trump in 2019.Mr Trump, who abruptly
left court earlier in the day with his Secret Service security detail, was not present to hear the verdict.His departure came moments after
verge of spending some time in the lockup
case is also about punishing Donald Trump..
the threats that Ms Carroll received.Mr Trump faces four criminal cases for a total of 91 felony counts, and is the first president in US
history to be charged with a crime.He has repeatedly claimed the various legal cases he faces are being orchestrated by allies of US
November 2024 general election.Source: BBC--Agencies
