Jakarta –
A jury in New York, United States ordered the former US president Donald Trump to pay compensation of US$83.3 million (around Rp. 1.3 trillion) to E. Jean Carroll for comments that defamed the writer when he was president.
The civil order, which sparked a furore in federal court, far exceeds the more than $10 million in defamation damages Carroll is seeking.
Reported by the news agency AFPSaturday (27/1/2024), Trump immediately criticized the decision, and in his statement he called the decision “ridiculous” and promised to appeal.
The verdict was delivered on Friday (26/1) local time by a nine-person jury in New York City, consisting of seven men and two women. The jury took less than three hours to reach a decision.
The order consists of $65 million in damages after a jury found Trump acted maliciously in many of his public comments about Carroll, $7.3 million in punitive damages, and $11 million for a reputation repair program.
“This is not America,” said Trump as he left the courtroom after his brief appearance.
(ita/ita)
2024-01-27 03:43:03
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