NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is doubling down on his legal brawl with E. Jean Carroll, suing the New York author for defamation weeks after a jury held him liable for sexually abusing her.
The former president on Tuesday night filed a counterclaim accusing Carroll of trashing his reputation by publicly accusing him of rape on CNN, despite jurors concluding his actions during the alleged 1996 assault hadn’t gone that far.
Trump “has been the subject of significant harm to his reputation, which, in turn, has yielded an inordinate amount of damages sustained as a result,” according to the filing.
