Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
E. Jean Carroll Seeks Additional Damages From Donald Trump Over CNN Town Hall Comments
deadline.comE. Jean Carroll, the writer who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation civil lawsuit against Donald Trump earlier this month in Manhattan, is seeking what her lawyers call a “very substantial” additional amount in the wake of insulting comments the former president made during a May 10 CNN town hall.
In a filing today, attorneys for Carroll have asked a Manhattan federal court judge for permission to amend an original lawsuit to reflect the town hall statements in which Trump called Carroll a “wack job” and described the civil trial as “a rigged deal.” Carroll’s attorneys write in the filing that Trump’s statements on CNN “show the depth of his malice toward Carroll, since it is hard to imagine defamatory conduct that could possibly be more motivated by hatred, ill will or spite.” Trump’s statements, they write, support “a very substantial punitive damages award in Carroll’s favor both to punish Trump, to deter him from engaging in further defamation, and to deter others from doing the same.” In her lawsuit, Carroll said Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s and then defamed her by calling her, among other things, a liar.
The jury of six men and three women in the civil case found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and awarded Carroll $2 million for battery and $3 million for defamation.
Trump’s attorneys have filed a notice of appeal in the civil trial verdict. By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
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