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E Jean Carroll files for new damages after Trump’s CNN town hall remarks

E Jean Carroll walks out of Manhattan federal court after jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse.
E Jean Carroll walks out of Manhattan federal court after jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

The author and columnist E Jean Carroll will go back to court to demand “very substantial” additional damages from Donald Trump for the disparaging remarks he made about her during a televised CNN town hall just a day after he was found liable in a civil case for sexually assaulting her.

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

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