A US federal court has ordered former US President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages for rape and defamation.
Former US President Donald Trump is moving forward one after another in the race of the candidate of the Republican Party. But this time it slipped to a US federal court. A US federal court has ordered former US President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages for rape and defamation. The nine-member panel of the Federal Court in Manhattan, New York gave this order to Trump on Friday (January 26) local time. Trump must pay this amount to the victim Elizabeth Jane Carroll.
The court said the victim, Elizabeth Jane Carroll, will receive $65 million in punitive damages and $11 million in defamation damages. In addition, Trump will have to pay 7.3 million dollars to Carroll for emotional damages.
Originally Elizabeth Jane Carroll was a former journalist and columnist. He is 80 years old. Last year, she filed a lawsuit against Trump in federal court in Manhattan. Carroll testified in court at the time that he wanted his life back. He has been trying for years.
Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in 1996. That time he went there to buy a gift for a friend. Former acquaintance Trump was helping her choose gifts. In addition to this, Carroll also accused Trump of defamation. However, Trump rejected Carroll’s allegations. He claims that Carroll is telling such ‘fictional stories’ for his own campaign.
Meanwhile, Democrats in the US state of Hawaii have introduced a bill to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot after accusing him of inciting riots on Capitol Hill. Democrats have called for a decision against Trump, considering Hawaii’s law barring presidential candidates relying on the rebellion clause of the 14th Amendment.
Hawaii State Democrat Senator Carl Rhodes represents Honolulu. He raised this bill against Trump. He has criticized Trump and Republicans before.
