ABC News Settles Defamation Suit with Trump for $15 Million

Saturday, December 14, 2024

ABC News and George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit.

Posted by gracieamazed at 09:31 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

JUST IN: A day after Trump and George Stephanopoulos were ordered to appear for depositions, they settled the case. ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.

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-- Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) December 14, 2024 at 3:49 PM

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(Grabs popcorn to wait for deafening silence or tears)

#1 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2024-12-14 06:01 PM | Reply

Grabs popcorn to wait for deafening silence or tears)

Posted by Bluewaffles at 2024-12-14 06:01 PM | Reply

You need LZKoed. Just sayin

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-14 06:04 PM | Reply

"In 2023, a jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll, sufficient to hold him liable for battery, though it did not find that Carroll proved he raped her.

The jury awarded Carroll $5 million for battery and defamation. In January, Carroll was awarded an additional $83.3 million in damages for defamatory statements made by Trump that disparaged her and denied her rape allegations.

A judge concluded in August 2023, when dismissing Trump's countersuit against Carroll, that the claim Trump raped Carroll was "substantially true."

The judge wrote that Trump "raped" her in the broader sense of that word, as people generally understand it, though not as it is narrowly defined by New York state law."

Good to know.

The 'shroom may have not actually, technically, have been up to it.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-14 06:26 PM | Reply

@#3 ... A judge concluded in August 2023, when dismissing Trump's countersuit against Carroll, that the claim Trump raped Carroll was "substantially true." ...

Yeah, but "substntially true" is not "true."

I think it is good that the Justice system finds that such a minor distinction is important, even critical.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 07:15 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Posted by Bluewaffles ...

Hey, I thought your current alias had said it was leaving this most august site for a hiatus.

Yet, here it is (again).

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 07:17 PM | Reply

... The network will pay $15 million to a charity and will issue an apology. ...

Only $15 million, and paid to a charity?

How much did Fox "News" have to pay, and to whom?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 07:19 PM | Reply

ABC will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "presidential foundation and museum

Charity and a tax write off.

$15 million for ABC isn't going to hurt them. It's Disney.

People who had nothing to do with this will get fired so CEOs and Shareholders won't notice.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-14 07:29 PM | Reply

I thought your current alias had said it was leaving this most august site

They can check out any time they like...

Only $15 million, and paid to a charity?

Lewzer will love that. Nothing he likes more than giving to charity.

LOL. HAHAHAHAHA!! HAHAHA! HA! HAHAHAHAHA!!! LOL.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-14 07:30 PM | Reply

@#7 ... $15 million for ABC isn't going to hurt them. It's Disney. ...

Disney Operating Expenses 2010-2024
www.macrotrends.net

... Disney operating expenses for the quarter ending September 30, 2024 were $21.372B ...

imo, it looks like the Trump lawyers backed down to just get some money.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 08:51 PM | Reply

How much is DR going to have to pay? For parroting the same propaganda?

#10 | Posted by oi_veh at 2024-12-15 02:35 AM | Reply

#10
Apples and chicharones.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-15 06:30 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1