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Will Trump keep that up, now that he's been hit with a $83.3 million defamation judgment? A jury on Friday found that Trump had maliciously damaged Carroll's reputation in 2019 after she went public with her accusations. If both judgments stand, Trump would owe her a total of $88.3 million. THE FIRST TRIALCarroll sued Trump for defamation in 2019, saying his statements about her were false and damaged her reputation. The $88.3 million in judgments against Trump are actually less than what some of his supporters have faced in recent defamation cases.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is being sent to jail after a judge revoked his bail over alleged witness tampering
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Chris Panella | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried had his bail revoked on Friday over alleged witness tampering. The crypto tycoon will now have to report to jail. Sam Bankman-Fried had his bail revoked by a federal judge on Friday over his alleged tampering with witnesses in his fraud case. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the embattled crypto tycoon who co-founded FTX could no longer be held under house arrest at his parent's home. "Nonviolent witness tampering and obstruction poses a danger to the community and the risk of such activities would support pretrial detention," Judge Kaplan said at a hearing on Friday, according to Courthouse News' Josh Russell.

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A New York judge will decide on Friday, during a hearing that starts at 2 p.m. ET, whether to send Sam Bankman-Fried to jail. Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to revoke the FTX founder's bail over alleged witness tampering. Kaplan previously issued a direct and stern warning to Bankman-Fried in July over his conversations with the media. The government told the judge in a letter that next week it plans to file a new superseding indictment.

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☆ Prosecutors ask federal judge to jail Sam Bankman-Fried over witness tampering
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan Federal Court for a court appearance in New York, United States on June 15, 2023. Federal prosecutors asked a judge to revoke FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's bail in a Manhattan court filing Friday, claiming that the billionaire had violated the terms of the release and repeatedly tampered with witnesses. A federal prosecutor argued in court Wednesday that "no set of release conditions can ensure the safety of the community." Prosecutors and Bankman-Fried's team met in federal court Wednesday after Bankman-Fried leaked the private diaries of his former girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, to a New York Times reporter. Federal prosecutors alleged that Bankman-Fried's only intent in sharing Ellison's diary was to intimidate her.

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☆ Jurors in the Trump rape case were advised to use fake names with each other to preserve their anonymity
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's rape and defamation lawsuit against former President Trump went to trial Tuesday. The judge in the case advised jurors to use fake names with each other. Before the jury was chosen, Kaplan addressed the group and suggested that they use fake names with each other to preserve their anonymity. Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll walks into Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in New York. In her lawsuit, Carroll says that Trump's comments have "injured the reputation on which she makes her livelihood as a writer, advice columnist, and journalist."

☆ Trump's deposition video will play in the E. Jean Carroll rape trial. He says stars 'historically' grabbed women's genitals
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's lawyers had fought to keep jurors from seeing parts of his E. Jean Carroll trial deposition. A judge Tuesday ruled Trump's cringey explanation for his Access Hollywood remarks is admissible. In the disputed cut, Trump says 'stars' have 'historically' been allowed to grab women's genitals. Trump's attorneys previously tried, without success, to bar jurors from hearing any mention of the Access Hollywood tape. Trump was asked by Carroll's lawyers in the deposition.

☆ Judge makes thinly-veiled attempt to silence Trump during rape trial, advising parties against statements that could 'incite violence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's rape and defamation lawsuit against former President Trump went to trial Tuesday. The judge asked both parties not to make statements that could "incite violence." Opening statements are expected to kick off today in E. Jean Carroll's defamation and rape lawsuit against Trump. The lunatics will fail and President Trump will Make America Great Again!" In her lawsuit, Carroll says that Trump's comments have "injured the reputation on which she makes her livelihood as a writer, advice columnist, and journalist."

☆ Trump's rape trial brought by E. Jean Carroll starts Tuesday in Manhattan. The case centers around accusations from the 1990s
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room in the mid-1990s. Carroll is asking for Trump to retract his statements and for a jury to award her unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Carroll says their encounter started off playful, with Trump asking Carroll to help him pick out a gift for a female friend. Eva Deitch for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesTrump's lawyers are likely to try and paint Carroll's lawsuit as a political witch hunt. Trump's lawyers asked to delay the trial a month so that they could probe Hoffman's involvement more, but that request was denied, though Kaplan allowed Trump's legal team to conduct another deposition with Carroll before the trial starts.

☆ A judge blamed Trump for the 'media frenzy' he used as an excuse to try to delay his rape trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A judge denied Donald Trump's bid to delay E. Jean Carroll's rape trial because of his indictment. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan expressed concern the request was "another delay tactic" by the former president. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said some of the so-called media frenzy had been caused by Trump himself. The judge allowed a brief reopening of discovery but denied Trump's request to delay the trial. Carroll "is now over 79 years of age and is entitled to her day in court just as both parties are entitled to a fair trial," Kaplan wrote.

☆ Trump again asks to delay the E. Jean Carroll rape case — this time to probe billionaire Reid Hoffman's support for the litigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump's lawyers asked to delay the E. Jean Carroll battery and defamation trial a month on Thursday. It is unclear how much of Reid's money granted through his nonprofit was used by Kaplan Hecker & Fink for the Carroll case. Seth Wenig/APOn Tuesday, Trump's lawyers asked the judge for a one-month delay to allow the "media frenzy" around his arrest to die down. Judge Kaplan has also complained about numerous attempts to delay the case in the past. But that litigation has been in limbo while appeals courts weigh in on whether Trump can even be sued in that case.

☆ Court refuses to answer if Trump can be sued for comments he made about rape accuser E. Jean Carroll while in office
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The court said it could not answer whether federal law protects Trump from being sued in the case. The case has now been sent back to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. But when Trump appealed that decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, that court struck down Kaplan's ruling. Thursday's ruling does not apply to Carroll's second lawsuit against Trump, which is scheduled to go to trial April 25 in Manhattan federal court. Carroll's second lawsuit also includes a defamation claim for comments Trump made after he left the White House.

☆ Trump wants to delay E. Jean Carroll rape trial so 'media frenzy' over his criminal indictment can die down
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

E. Jean Carroll's defamation and battery lawsuit against Donald Trump is set for trial on April 25. He said the delay will allow the "media frenzy" over Trump's criminal indictment to die down. The "wall-to-wall media coverage" of the arraignment was "remarkable for its volume and incitement of animus towards President Trump," he wrote. "President Trump can only receive a fair trial in a calmer media environment that the one created by the New York County District Attorney. A short postponement of the trial will allow the recent surge in media coverage to subside and increase the likelihood that President Trump receives a fair trial," he added.

☆ Trump rape case: After years of back and forth over Trump's DNA, jurors won't even hear about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A judge ruled Monday that DNA evidence can't be mentioned at Trump's upcoming rape trial. E. Jean Carroll sued Trump for defamation and battery over her claim he raped her in the mid-1990s. When Trump brought Joe Tacopina onto the case earlier this year, the new attorney made a last-minute offer to submit Trump's DNA sample. While DNA evidence was thrown out of the case, Trump's lawyers continued to fight for the chance to question Carroll about her comments insinuating she had DNA evidence to prove her sexual-assault claim. She also acknowledged in her deposition that she publicly claimed to have Trump's DNA.

☆ A New York fugitive was vacationing in Disney World after nearly one year on the run. Then an off-duty officer spotted him.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A New York City fugitive who had been on the run for almost a year was vacationing at Disney World's Animal Kingdom Theme Park when he was spotted by an officer who recognized him, according to court documents. Jeff Andre, a federal officer with the United States Postal Inspection Service, was on vacation Oct. 20 at the Florida theme park when he happened to spot Quashon Burton. Officers approached Burton after he left the Orlando area theme park, where he gave them a false name and resisted arrest. "Perhaps the most concerning factor here is the defendant’s persistent use of false identities and his demonstrated ability to evade law enforcement," wrote United States Attorney Damian Williams. Burton will remain in custody pending trial in the Southern District of New York, according to an order from United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.

☆ Trump scheduled to be deposed Wednesday in writer's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to answer questions under oath Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought by a writer who alleges he raped her in the mid-1990s. Carroll’s lawsuit claims the former president ruined her reputation when he denied the allegation. Kaplan noted with disapproval a series of attempts by Trump to delay the collection of evidence in the defamation lawsuit. “Given his conduct so far in this case, Mr. Trump’s position regarding the burdens of discovery is inexcusable,” he wrote. Trump has repeatedly denied ever meeting Carroll, saying she was “totally lying” when she accused him of sexual assault.

☆ Trump seemed jolly on the eve of his Wednesday deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's deposition is Wednesday in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit. She says Trump raped her in Manhattan 30 years ago, then defamed her by calling her a liar in 2019. The court-ordered deposition in writer E. Jean Carroll's rape defamation lawsuit is also expected to take place at Mar-a-Lago, the New York Times reported. Trump has fought hard to get out of the Carroll deposition and the lawsuit itself. In the post, he doubles down on his denials that he raped Carroll and that "This woman is not my type!"

☆ Donald Trump must be deposed in columnist E. Jean Carroll's rape defamation case, a federal judge ruled Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump must be deposed in the E. Jean Carroll rape defamation case, a judge ruled Wednesday. Trump denies the rape and had asked that the deposition be delayed pending an appeal. Trump, 76, and Carroll, 78, and other witnesses as well "already are of advanced age," Kaplan wrote. The Court of Appeals is weighing whether Trump was acting in his official capacity as president when he publicly denied Carroll's rape accusation in 2019. If they find that he was — and is therefore immune from defamation — Carroll's case would fail.

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