Overview

• Former President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault in the 1990s.
• The verdict was reached by a New York jury and is the second time Carroll has won against Trump in court, with a previous jury finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million.
• Carroll's attorney, Robbie Kaplan, is the only lawyer to have won twice against Trump.
• Trump has vowed to appeal both verdicts and may be required to pay the funds into a court-controlled account while the cases are being appealed.
• Despite the defamation accusations being of a personal nature, Carroll alleged that Trump used his office to defame her, potentially allowing Trump to argue it as a business expense and write it off on his taxes.