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ABC News agrees to pay $15m to settle Trump defamation suit

President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before he speaks at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards on December 5, 2024, in Greenvale, New York [Heather Khalifa/AP Photo]

ABC News has agreed to pay $15m to settle a defamation suit filed by President-elect Donald Trump over an inaccurate claim by the United States-based network’s anchor.

The lawsuit stemmed from on-air comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos that Trump had been “found liable for raping” writer E Jean Carroll.

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