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Mr. Trump’s argument is entirely without merit both as a matter of law and as a matter of fact for all of the reasons articulated in Ms. Carroll’s memorandum of law in opposition to his motion,
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in his ruling against Trump, who has made several attempts to reduce or appeal the January judgment against him We categorically disagree with Judge Kaplan's decision,
his lawyer Alina Habba said in a statement On this exceptional record, the punitive damages evidence passes constitutional muster,
Far from being purely `defensive,' there was evidence that Mr. Trump used the office of the presidency -- the loudest 'bully pulpit' in America and possibly the world -- to issue multiple statements castigating Ms. Carroll as a politically and financially motivated liar, insinuating that she was too unattractive for him to have sexually assaulted, and threatening that she would `pay dearly' for speaking out,
I’ve never met this person in my life. She is trying to sell a new book – that should indicate her motivation,
Mere minutes after (Carroll's) counsel began her closing argument, Mr. Trump conspicuously stood and walked out of the courtroom for no apparent reason save to evidence his disapproval,
Kaplan said in his opinion, referencing that incident In sum, an award of $11 million in reputational and $7.3 million in non-reputational compensatory damages is far from a historical anomaly in New York, before even considering the unique scale of the defamation at hand, ... Thus, the compensatory damages awards were not excessive as a matter of New York law."
Mr. Trump's malicious and unceasing attacks on Ms. Carroll were disseminated to more than 100 million people,