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DARK SECRETS: Trump requests reduced damages or new trial in e jean carroll case | Vintage Vibes

E Jean Carroll, pictured here on her way to court for closing arguments, was awarded $5m in damages in the trial last month.
E Jean Carroll, pictured here on her way to court for closing arguments, was awarded $5m in damages in the trial last month. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal court in New York to slash the penalty awarded against him in the sexual assault and defamation civil case won by writer E Jean Carroll from $5m down to $1m – or grant him a new trial.

A jury last month found the former US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and awarded her $5m in damages.

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