$15m to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. A jury in a civil case last year determined Trump was liable for “sexual abuse”, which has a specific definition under New York law. As part of the settlement, ABC will pay $15m as a charitable contribution to a “Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past”. The network will also pay $1m towards Trump’s legal fees. In 2023, a New York civil court found Trump sexually abused E Jean Carroll in a dressing room at a department store in 1996. He was also found guilty of defaming the magazine columnist. A judge said the jury’s conclusion was that Ms Carroll had failed to prove that Trump raped her “within the narrow, technical meaning of a particular section of the New York Penal Law”. Trump was found liable for “sexual abuse”.
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