Recently, Trump has been quite big, according to a report by the global network on the 27th, former US President Trump lost the defamation lawsuit again on the 26th, and was required to pay 83.3 million US dollars (equivalent to more than 590 million yuan) to the American female writer Carroll.
The writer sued Trump twice, both times in success.
It is understood that this compensation includes 18.3 million US dollars in compensatory damages and 65 million US dollars in punitive damages. Carroll said it was necessary to ask Trump to pay punitive damages to prevent him from continuing to slander her.
(Trump was sentenced to pay sky-high compensation)
Although Trump is worth $2.6 billion, the more than $80 million in compensation is not a small amount for him. So much so that Trump angrily denounced the absurdity of the verdict on social platforms, and also pointed the finger at Biden and the Democratic Party, and threatened to appeal.
In fact, after the end of the first lawsuit, Trump did not need to support such a high compensation, but his subsequent words and actions made things more uncontrollable.
Let's start with a brief reminiscence of the feud between Carroll and Trump. Ms. Carroll, 80, an 80-year-old former columnist for the fashion magazine ELLE, accused Mr. Trump of "sexually assaulting" her in a department store dressing room 30 years ago in her memoirs, which Mr. Trump flatly denied.
Trump claimed that he had not met Carroll, a story that the other party had fabricated in order to become famous. Carroll stressed that Trump's denial of the incident shattered her reputation as a respected journalist.
(Trump & Carroll)
Carroll was quite angry at Trump's response, and as a result, filed a civil lawsuit against Trump for assault and defamation. On the one hand, the accusation of Trump's "sexual assault" made her feel quite ashamed, causing her to be unable to socialize with other friends of the opposite sex normally. On the other hand, she also accused Trump of slandering her and affecting her reputation.
According to experts hired by Carroll at the time, the cost of repairing Trump's remarks to her reputation was estimated to be about $360,000 to $2.8 million.
However, Trump did not admit it, claiming in an hour-long testimony that it was a hoax, that he did not know Carroll, and that Carroll was "not his cup of tea."
In addition, he used slanderous language to taunt Carol, angrily calling her a "madman" and a "problematic" brain.
(Carroll filed two lawsuits against Trump)
In response to Carroll's indictment against Trump, the jury initially awarded $5 million, but after the verdict was released, Trump was not convinced, not only did he denounce Carroll on television media for "having a problem with her brain", her story was fabricated, but also repeatedly denied that he knew Carroll.
It was because of these statements by Trump that Carroll once again appealed against Trump, arguing that these statements on his television media constituted a new defamation and demanded that Trump pay new damages.
It is worth noting that although Trump claimed that he had not met Carroll, he could not explain why the two had a photo together, and he also recognized Carroll in the photo as his ex-wife in court, which was believed by opposing lawyers to be lustful for Carroll.
It is foreseeable that Trump will definitely not rest on his laurels for this defeat, so what will he do next?
First of all, there will definitely be an appeal, after all, Trump is still appealing after being awarded a $5 million indictment. Although Carroll won the case again, it is not surprising that Trump will still appeal.
At this rate, this war of words is still going on. After all, for Trump, losing money may be a small matter, and reputation is the key.
If he pays according to the verdict, it will definitely affect his reputation and be detrimental to the next election.
(Trump will appeal the defamation case again)
Second, it may stumble on Biden and the Democratic Party, and after the verdict came into effect, Trump angrily pointed the finger at Biden and the Democratic Party, believing that they were behind the plot to frame him, and since this idea has been generated, he will definitely take action.
Although it is not clear whether these things are true or false, it is really a bit outrageous to see how chaotic the American political scene is from the fact that Trump has been entangled in lawsuits but can come back strongly.