After deliberating for less than three hours, the jury in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial against Donald Trump has determined that the former president must pay the writer $83 million in damages for defaming her in 2019 when she came forward accusing him of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s.
trump is “rich,” but I would bet a lot of my own money that he doesn’t have anywhere near $83 million in liquid funds just lying around. He’s gonna have to sell some shit, or get the MAGA morons to give him the money.
He will appeal, but I hope that the court makes him place the $83 million in escrow pending the outcome of the appeal(s). I believe that is something that is commonly done.
“he thinks with his wealth and power he can treat Ms. Carroll how he wants and will suffer no consequences.”
This is a heavy narcissistic injury. I find it really satisfying to see Roberta Kaplan, Judge Chutkan, E. Jean Carroll, and Nikki Haley getting his goat. For someone as misogynistic as Trump, this has got to hurt.
Definitely agreed, but counter-point posted through my tears of laughter: only a rich person as stupid as Donald J. Trump would have $83M cash laying around just doing nothing.
Depending on his civil fraud trial, that could amount to a total of $450 million. He does not have that much cash on hand—he’ll more than likely have to sell some properties at a discount to raise the money.
This doesn’t even take into account his legal fees that I’m sure are eating into his presidential ‘fundraising’