Jury Awards E. Jean Carroll $83 Million in Trump Defamation Case

Published on January 26, 2024

A panel of nine jurors began deliberating the damages former President Donald Trump owes writer E. Jean Carroll on Friday and reached a verdict by 4:30 p.m. The jury ultimately awarded Ms. Carroll $83 million in damages. According to CNN, the judge advised jurors to never disclose their participation in the trial after explaining that they could speak about having served on the jury but were prohibited from disclosing the identity of other jurors. “My advice to you is that you never disclose that you were on this jury, and I won’t say anything more about it,” U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan said....