A federal judge in New York on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in the defamation and battery case brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who was ultimately awarded $5 million in damages.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in a 59-page decision said there was no “miscarriage of justice” when jurors found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation back in May. He further concluded that the verdict was not “a seriously erroneous result” as the former president alleged, adding that, upon considering Trump’s arguments, he “found them all unpersuasive.”
“There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s sexual assault damages,” Kaplan wrote. “And Mr. Trump’s arguments with respect to the defamation damages are no stronger.”
