
A federal judge in New York has rejected former president Donald Trump's plea for a new trial in the defamation case brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. Judge Lewis Kaplan's ruling on Thursday upheld the staggering $83.3 million in damages awarded by the jury.
Contrary to Trump's assertions, Judge Kaplan emphasized that Carroll's compensatory damages were not solely for emotional distress but also encompassed the gravity of the harm inflicted.