Trump Loses Another Round In Rape/Defamation Case

Reuters reports:

A judge on Tuesday said E. Jean Carroll, the New York writer who won a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump last month, can pursue a separate $10 million defamation lawsuit against the former US president.

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ruled in favor of the former Elle magazine columnist, after Trump had argued that the defamation case must be dismissed because jurors had concluded he never raped her.

A spokeswoman for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba was in Miami, where Trump pleaded not guilty in a separate case to federal criminal charges that he mishandled classified files.

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MORE BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP!!!

A federal judge will allow E. Jean Carroll to amend her original defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump to include comments he made at a CNN town hall!!!

Let’s f’ng goo!!! ?????? pic.twitter.com/0GeOvAq9D8

— Jo? (@JoJoFromJerz) June 13, 2023

E. Jean Carroll will now be able to include the comments Trump made last month at a CNN town hall—which echoed comments a federal jury found to be defamatory just a day earlier. https://t.co/9PRpVT8yDu

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 13, 2023