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E Jean Carroll adds post-verdict Trump remarks to defamation case

E Jean Carroll, seen here entering a courthouse in March 2020, was previously awarded $5m when a jury in New York City found former US President Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation [File: Seth Wenig/AP Photo]

E Jean Carroll, the columnist who won a $5m sexual abuse and defamation award against former United States President Donald Trump, is seeking at least $10m more in a new court filing that seeks to hold him liable for remarks he made after the verdict.

An amended lawsuit seeking the $10m in compensatory damages — and more in punitive damages — was filed on Monday in Manhattan by Carroll’s lawyers, who say remarks by Trump in response to her rape allegations so spoiled her reputation that she lost her longtime job as an Elle magazine advice columnist.

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