UPDATE: View the Jury Verdict Form here: 

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With former President Donald Trump testifying in U.S. District Court in New York on Thursday, it seemed likely that a jury verdict in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation case against him was on the horizon. Now, the verdict is in, and the jury has awarded Carroll $18.3 million in compensatory damages plus $65 million in punitive damages. Carroll's legal team requested an award of at least $24 million plus punitive damages. 

As I explained in the report regarding Trump's latest testimony, this latest verdict is in the case styled as "Carroll I." This was the initial defamation suit Carroll filed against Trump in relation to comments he made in 2019 denying her accusations that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Because Trump was president at the time of those statements, his legal team had raised an immunity defense, which was denied by the trial judge and then appealed

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND:

Fireworks in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial As Judge Threatens to Bar Trump From Courtroom

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A bit more detail regarding the Carroll II trial and verdict:  

As RedState reported, in May of 2023, a federal jury found Trump liable to Carroll for battery (for the alleged sexual assault) and defamation arising out of statements he made in 2022 regarding the matter. 

A federal jury on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump liable of battery and defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll but rejected her claim that he raped her. He was ordered to pay over $5 million in damages.

In finding Trump liable for battery, the jury awarded Carroll $2 million in compensatory damages, along with $20,000 in punitive damages. For the defamation claim, the jury awarded her $2.7 million in compensatory damages and an additional $280,000 for punitive damages, finding that Trump had acted “maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, spite or wanton, reckless, or willful disregard of the rights of another” when he accused her of inventing the story.

The jury deliberated for only three hours before reaching a decision, which was announced in court shortly after 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The trial centered around Carroll’s allegations that Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s, and she was seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

That prior verdict (in Carroll II) is currently up on appeal. Expect that the current one will be appealed as well.