{"id":11199,"date":"2024-12-15T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11199"},"modified":"2024-12-15T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:14:55","slug":"d-o-n-a-l-d-t-r-u-m-p-secures-staggering-sum-after-suing-abc-and-george-stephanopoulos-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11199","title":{"rendered":"D.o.n.a.l.d T.r.u.m.p secures staggering sum after suing ABC and George Stephanopoulos for defamation.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11199-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2024\/12\/14\/4927633520809362893\/640x360_MP4_4927633520809362893.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2024\/12\/14\/4927633520809362893\/640x360_MP4_4927633520809362893.mp4\">https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2024\/12\/14\/4927633520809362893\/640x360_MP4_4927633520809362893.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">ABC News have agreed to pay $15 million to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Donald Trump<\/span>\u00a0to settle a lawsuit over assertions made by top anchor George Stephanopoulos that he was found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The settlement, first reported by\u00a0Fox News, was publicly filed on Saturday and revealed that the parties had come to an agreement in the suit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It stipulates that the network will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution towards Trump&#8217;s presidential library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">ABC will also post a note on its website expressing regret over the claim in a March 10 segment on &#8220;This Week&#8221; made by Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They will also pay his legal fees as part of the settlement, which have totaled $1 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A statement from the network said: &#8216;ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep.\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Nancy Mace<\/span>\u00a0on ABC\u2019s This Week on March 10, 2024.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"\">Trump had\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">sued Stephanopoulos and the network for defamation<\/span>\u00a0soon after the segment aired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"\">His lawyers accused Stephanopoulos of making the statements with &#8216;malice&#8217; and a disregard for the truth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"\">The segment involved him interviewing Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, with\u00a0Stephanopoulos pressing her\u00a0on why she endorsed Trump after he was found liable of sexual abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-94f090736539c8c7\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/14\/21\/93156081-14193569-image-a-3_1734210735870.jpg\" alt=\"The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday and revealed that the parties had come to an agreement in the suit\" width=\"634\" height=\"891\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday and revealed that the parties had come to an agreement in the suit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7c2b957333f30404\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/14\/21\/93156083-14193569-image-a-4_1734210741584.jpg\" alt=\"ABC will also post a note on its website expressing regret over the claim in a March 10 segment on &quot;This Week&quot; made by Stephanopoulos, seen here\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">ABC will also post a note on its website expressing regret over the claim in a March 10 segment on &#8220;This Week&#8221; made by Stephanopoulos, seen here<\/p>\n<p>Stephanopoulos said: &#8216;I&#8217;m asking you a question about why you endorse someone who&#8217;s been found liable for rape.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The congresswoman went on: &#8216;As a rape victim, who&#8217;s been shamed for years now because of her rape. You&#8217;re trying to shame me again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mace was raped when she was 16 years old and says it is what drives her to be an advocate for women&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I have endorsed a man that I believe is best for our country. It&#8217;s not Joe Biden. You looked at the dueling rallies yesterday, in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Laken Riley&#8217;s family was with Donald Trump. They weren&#8217;t with Joe Biden the same guy yesterday, that apologized for calling her killer an illegal who was an illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And here you are trying to shame a rape victim. I find it disgusting.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You keep saying I&#8217;m shaming you. How is a question about a presidential candidate\u2014&#8217; Stephanopoulos said. &#8216;You&#8217;re asking a rape victim,&#8217; Mace cut in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A New York jury in May 2023 ordered Trump to pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was then ordered to pay another $83.3 million\u00a0for defamation after he publicly\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">denied sexually abusing Carroll in a department store dressing room in 1996<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81cfd730fcdecd5f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/14\/21\/82327539-14193569-_You_re_trying_to_shame_me_for_my_political_choice_Mace_told_Ste-a-1_1734211641008.jpg\" alt=\"'You're trying to shame me for my political choice,' Mace told Stephanopoulos. 'It was not a criminal court'\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">&#8216;You&#8217;re trying to shame me for my political choice,&#8217; Mace told Stephanopoulos. &#8216;It was not a criminal court&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4c362a9ffc232ae9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/14\/21\/82327553-14193569-Republican_Rep_Nancy_Mace_has_accused_George_Stephanopoulos_of_t-a-2_1734211642437.jpg\" alt=\"Mace was raped when she was 16 years old and says it is what drives her to be an advocate for women's issues\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mace was raped when she was 16 years old and says it is what drives her to be an advocate for women&#8217;s issues<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jurors had deliberated for less than three hours following a two-week civil trial in which the former president testified for just three minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stephanopoulos was initially defiant of the lawsuit, telling Stephen Colbert that he wouldn&#8217;t be &#8216;cowed out of doing my job because of a threat&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He added: &#8216;Trump sued me because I used the word \u2018rape,\u2019 even though a judge said that\u2019s in fact what did happen. We filed a motion to dismiss.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Trump is also suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages<\/span>\u00a0alleging the network practiced &#8216;deceptive conduct&#8217; when they interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lawyers for the president claimed numerous violations by the broadcaster including lying in a thoughtful and malevolent way, according to a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They wrote the complaint is because of &#8216;CBS\u2019 partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to confuse, deceive, and mislead the public.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump and his team also allege that CBS News was trying to run cover for Democrats by making Kamala Harris&#8217; performance look better than it was.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2024\/12\/14\/4927633520809362893\/640x360_MP4_4927633520809362893.mp4 ABC News have agreed to pay $15 million to\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0to settle a lawsuit over assertions made by top anchor George Stephanopoulos that he was found civilly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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