BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll scores another crushing victory against her sexual abuser Donald Trump as a federal judge rules that she has already proven that he defamed her and so her upcoming civil claims trial against him will just focus on what money he owes her.
In other words, she's already won the case.
This is terrible news for the financially embattled Trump and could make it even more difficult for him to pay his mounting legal fees as he's buried beneath indictments.
In his 25-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan stated that the core substance of Carroll's pending defamation case is actually the same as the insults that a jury ruled defamatory earlier this year.
That jury found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll in a department store dressing room and subsequently defamed her.
She was awarded $5 million in damages.
The upcoming case focuses on other, similar comments from Trump.
"The truth or falsity of Mr. Trump's 2019 statements therefore depends — like the truth or falsity of his 2022 statement — on whether Ms. Carroll lied about Mr. Trump sexually assaulting her. The jury's finding that she did not therefore is binding in this case and precludes Mr. Trump from contesting the falsity of his 2019 statements," Kaplan wrote.
The cherry on top is that Kaplan also denied a desperate attempt from Trump's shady attorneys to reduce any damages Carroll might get because of the earlier $5 million ruling. He will have to pay the full cost.