Donald Trump's lawyers appealed a New York jury's decision to find the former president guilty of sexual abuse in the Jean Carroll case. The writer's civil suit was settled in her favor and imposes on Trump the payment of two fines in the amount of $5 million for defamation and sexual abuse.
The appeal petition was filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Trump had earlier announced he would appeal the jury's decision. In his appearance on CNN's Town Hall, Trump charged against the sanction that Justice imposed on him and assured that Jean Carroll is "nuts."
JUST IN - Trump files a notice of appeal in E. Jean Carroll case. pic.twitter.com/DK7OZqcXYz
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The events for which Jean Carroll sued Trump occurred in 1996, and despite the long time that has elapsed since then, a special law with application for one year allowed the writer's lawsuit to prosper in court.
Trump also added that the judge prevented his legal team from adding certain details related to Carroll at trial, such as that her cat would be named "vagina" and that Carroll once called her ex-husband John Johnson an "ape" in front of Trump. John Johnson, a television host, is African-American.
In an interview with the New York Times, Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, said they are considering suing Trump once again for his statements on CNN's Town Hall.
