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☆ Judge grants E. Jean Carroll's request to amend $10 million complaint against Trump after CNN town hall remarks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge Tuesday granted writer E. Jean Carroll's request to amend her original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to include comments he made about her in a CNN town hall last month. The judge's decision was made public shortly after Trump pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges during a historic arraignment in Miami. Carroll sought to amend her lawsuit shortly after Trump unloaded a barrage of disparaging remarks about her during a live town hall on CNN on May 10. She filed a civil defamation lawsuit against him in 2019, and then filed a second civil lawsuit against him in 2022 that also included a charge of battery. Less than two weeks after the CNN town hall, Carroll's lawyers asked Judge Kaplan to let her amend her original civil complaint to include Trump's most recent comments, arguing that "the facts and circumstances have changed."

Persons: Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, E, Jean Carroll's, Lewis Kaplan, Trump, Roberta Kaplan, Alina Habba, Carroll, Judge Kaplan Organizations: CNN, CNBC, Trump, NBC Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Miami

[1/2] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. Two of Carroll’s friends testified at trial that she told them about the rape after it occurred. The trial also featured testimony from two women who alleged Trump assaulted them many years ago under similar circumstances, as well as taped deposition testimony by Trump in which he denies ever meeting Carroll. Trump's lawyers told jurors that Carroll's narrative was implausible and said she had not provided evidence to back up her damages claims. That case has been bogged down in appeals over whether Trump was immune from being sued because he had been president when he spoke.

Persons: Donald Trump, Russell Cheyne, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Roberta Kaplan, Trump, Goodman, ”, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Jonathan Stempel, Bill Berkrot, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, Aberdeen International Airport, REUTERS, Elle, CNN, District, Thomson Locations: Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, Manhattan, New York

☆ Restaurant Review: Foul Witch Summons the Ghost of Blanca
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Pete Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The nearest I’ve come to answering these questions has been eating at Foul Witch, a five-month-old Italian restaurant in the East Village owned by two of the founders of Roberta’s and Blanca. Roberta’s is, of course, the Bushwick restaurant known for its artfully charred pizza, its Tiki Disco parties and the radio station that broadcasts programming about food from its backyard. Blanca is a 12-seat bunker in the same backyard that has been closed since the early days of the pandemic. Agnolotti would burst with molten taleggio turned green-black by powdered phytoplankton that tasted like the bottom of the ocean. Dry-aged duck breast would be grilled slowly over Japanese charcoal and served with beet mole, as earthy and smoky as an underground fire.

Persons: I’d, Carlo Mirarchi Organizations: East Village Locations: East, Blanca, Roberta’s, Bushwick

☆ Trump Asks Judge to Stop E. Jean Carroll’s Defamation Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Benjamin Weiser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Carroll, 79, asked the judge to punish him further in a parallel case that is still open before him. In it, she accused Mr. Trump of defaming her after she publicly disclosed the attack for the first time, in a New York magazine article. Ms. Carroll’s lead lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, said in a statement Monday evening that nothing about the verdict in the recent trial was inconsistent with Ms. Carroll’s longstanding claim. She added: “The jury believed E. Jean Carroll when she testified that Trump sexually abused her. As a result, the jury concluded that Trump knowingly lied about Ms. Carroll when he claimed otherwise.”

Persons: Carroll, Trump, Trump’s, Carroll’s, Roberta A, Kaplan, Donald Trump, Jean Carroll’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Ms, Jean Carroll, ” Organizations: CNN Locations: New York

☆ Actor Mark Wahlberg lobbies to make Las Vegas a Hollywood in the desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Contessa Brewer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Actor Mark Wahlberg lobbied Nevada state lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would coax more film production to Las Vegas. The electronics giant has committed to spend $1 billion on film production in Nevada over a decade, but only if the tax incentive package, known as the Nevada Film Studio Infrastructure Act, passes. That studio would sit on the University of Nevada Las Vegas technology park, which would also include educational facilities for job training in the film industry. "For a company to earn $190 million tax credit ... they would have to spend $633 million filming and creating economic development for this whole valley." Other states have seen film production tax credits become a financial drain, according to analysis by the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Persons: Mark Wahlberg, Wahlberg, I've, Sen, Roberta Lange, Howard Hughes, Tony Vinciquerra, David O'Reilly, O'Reilly, Birtcher Organizations: CNBC, Nevada Legislature, Birtcher Development, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Howard, Howard Hughes Corp, Sony, Nevada Film Studio, Las Vegas Media, University of Nevada, Nevada Policy Research Institute Locations: Nevada, Las Vegas, Summerlin, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Almost any of the 16 Giorgio de Chirico paintings in “Horses: The Death of a Rider” could sustain an exhibition by itself. A couple from the late 1920s are less polished, and you could reasonably call “Two Horses on a Seashore,” 1970, a little glib. As the exhibition title suggests, every canvas also holds one or more horses, often backed by one of the mysterious landscapes he’s known for. The majestic white steed in the title piece, “Death of a Rider,” rears up on a twilit beach, letting its rider tumble off like Icarus behind it. In the distance stands a city on a hill; nearby, two voyagers or gods watch from a rowboat.

Persons: Giorgio de Chirico, de Chirico, It’s, Chirico, ”, HEINRICH

☆ Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Roberta Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The strange, discomfiting photographs and videos of the Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja push so many buttons that her provocative exhibition at MoMA PS1 should have been staged in an elevator — to paraphrase the theater critic Peter Marks. Ambiguously titled “Iiu Susiraja: A Style Called a Dead Fish,” the show features 49 photographs and 13 short videos dating from 2008 to 2022. Like most artists whose work matters, Susiraja has no shame. Born in 1975 in Turku, Finland, where she still lives, Susiraja (pronounced ee-you susi-rah-yah) started out as a textile designer. Easy resolution of their meanings is impossible, which creates a rich internal narrative in the viewer, often starting with one’s feelings about one’s own body.

Persons: Iiu, Peter Marks, Susiraja Organizations: MoMA Locations: Turku, Finland

☆ Pro-government rally in Moldovan capital draws tens of thousands
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Alexander Tanas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] People wave flags of European Union and Moldova during a rally to support the European path of the country, in Chisinau, Moldova May 21, 2023. President Maia Sandu has accused Russia of seeking to sabotage its European integration by fuelling anti-government protests and propaganda. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, on a visit to Chisinau, also addressed the rally, saying Europe would welcome Moldova "with open arms and open hearts". "This is about the both of us: You will bring a piece of Moldova to Europe, and you will make Europe stronger," she said. "I believe in a European Moldova and want for my country a future with advanced economic and socio-political development," said 18-year-old attendee Alexandrina Miron.

☆ E. Jean Carroll says 'hundreds' of people asked her how to sue their abusers since her win against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

E. Jean Carroll told Insider she's gotten hundreds of emails from people asking for advice to sue abusers. She was able to sue Donald Trump — and win — because of New York's Adult Survivor's Act. Carroll, a former Elle magazine journalist and writer of the "Ask E. Jean" advice column, won her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump earlier this month. Carroll was able to bring the sexual abuse claims against Trump because of New York's Adult Survivor's Act. Carroll praised Kaplan as a "brilliant" person who didn't fear Trump and "thinks three and four moves ahead."

☆ At Christie’s ‘21st Century’ Auction, the Sound of Records Breaking for Women
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Seven artists achieved new sales benchmarks at Christie’s Contemporary Art sale in New York on Monday night, including Simone Leigh, a star of the 2022 Venice Biennale, and Robin F. Williams, a figurative painter still in her 30s. Lively bidding from inside the sale room at Christie’s helped the auction house sell nearly $99 million worth of paintings and sculptures, with buyer’s fees. Interest in female figurative painters who are not necessarily household names is rising for artists like Danielle McKinney, Rebecca Ackroyd and Williams. in 2017, Roberta Smith wrote that she was “extravagantly in-your-face regarding execution, style, image and social thrust. Lower estimates helped propel prices.

☆ If Trump keeps insulting E. Jean Carroll, her lawyers say, she could keep suing him
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll might sue Donald Trump for defamation a third time, her lawyer told the New York Times. A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996. "Everything's on the table, obviously, and we have to give serious consideration to it," Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan told the Times. Asked Thursday if he was concerned by the prospect of additional defamation lawsuits from Carroll following Trump's comments on CNN, Tacopina answered in the negative. "I am upset on the behalf of young men in America," Carroll told the Times.

☆ E. Jean Carroll's lawyer said Trump 'was basically a witness against himself'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer said Donald Trump was "a witness against himself." A Manhattan jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996. "There's no question that both of those things helped our case," Kaplan said. In his deposition, Trump's comment came after he said anyone who is a "star" can largely get away with grabbing women. On Tuesday, a Manhattan jury unanimously found Trump liable of sexually abusing Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996.

☆ Explainer: What's next for Trump after civil rape verdict?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here is a rundown of what could come next:WILL TRUMP WILL APPEAL THE VERDICT? Experts said Trump does not appear to have a strong appeal case, noting Kaplan's experience and that quality lawyering on both sides appeared to have ensured a fair trial. CAN TRUMP PAY THE $5 MILLION? WILL TRUMP PAY AND WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOESN’T? Trump will likely obtain a court order stating that he does not have to pay Carroll while his appeal is pending.

☆ Trump may have shot himself in the foot by not testifying in the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case because its 'very hard' to win without even showing up, ex-prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday. After deliberating for 2 1/2 hours, a Manhattan jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse against Carroll in an incident that took place in the 1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, which was an option. "There wasn't even a 'he said,' because Donald Trump never even looked you in the eye and said she was a liar," he said. Donald Trump, on the other hand, failed to even show up in court."

A jury found Trump sexually abused Carroll and defamed her when denying it, awarding her $5 million. After the verdict was read, Carroll told Trump's attorney, Joe Tacopina: "He did it." "I am overwhelmed, overwhelmed with joy and happiness and delight for the women in this country," Carroll told Savannah Guthrie on the "Today" show Wednesday morning. "She didn't say that to me," Tacopina told Insider on Wednesday. "This is not about the money," Carroll told Guthrie.

☆ E. Jean Carroll's lawyer promised they'll make Trump pay up the $5 million she's owed — but wouldn't say how
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer promised Donald Trump will pay up the $5 million in damages he owes. A jury on Tuesday found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996. Trump's lawyer in the case, Joe Tacopina, maintained that they plan to appeal the case and won't have to pay Carroll anything quite yet. A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found the former president liable of sexually abusing Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million total in damages.

☆ Opinion | A Guilty Ex-President
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The jury was charged with determining whether Carroll proved her claims with a preponderance of the evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt. In other words, it had to decide whether Carroll’s claims were more likely true than false. But the case was not a simple matter of “he said, she said.” Carroll provided her own testimony, of course. You can do anything.”In the deposition, Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, asked Trump specifically about that quote. “Well, historically, that’s true with stars,” he responded.

☆ E. Jean Carroll elated at verdict that Trump sexually abused her
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The verdict in Manhattan federal court represented a fresh legal setback for Trump as he seeks to regain the presidency in 2024. Yesterday was probably the happiest day of my life," Carroll told ABC's "Good Morning America." "He said terrible things about me," Carroll said, referring to Trump, "dragged me through the mud, ground my face in the dirt." Carroll described holding hands with her lawyer as the verdict was read. "He gave them more process than even anyone else ever gets," Kaplan said on "Good Morning America."

The jury deliberated for just under three hours before rejecting Trump's denial that he assaulted Carroll. Trump has cited the Carroll trial in campaign fundraising emails as evidence of what he portrays as a Democratic plot to damage him politically. Jurors were tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, any one of which would satisfy her claim of battery. Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, told jurors during closing arguments on Monday that the 2005 video was proof that Trump had assaulted Carroll and other women. Previously Trump had said he could not have raped Carroll because she was "not my type."

Jurors were tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, any one of which would satisfy her claim of battery. The trial featured testimony from two women who said Trump sexually assaulted them decades ago. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told jurors during closing arguments on Monday that the 2005 video was proof that Trump had assaulted Carroll and other women. Carroll testified that she bumped into Trump at Bergdorf's while he was shopping for a gift for another woman. Trump has cited the Carroll trial in campaign fundraising emails as evidence of what he portrays as a Democratic plot to damage him politically.

☆ That Access Hollywood tape is grabbing Trump by the credibility as the E. Jean Carroll rape trial nears its end
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's 'Access Hollywood' tape is in evidence as deliberations begin Tuesday in his civil rape trial. Either way, the Access Hollywood tape — in which he bragged to TV personality Billy Bush about kissing women and grabbing them by the genitals — has been a major factor in the two-week trial. Trump himself has defended his remarks as "locker room talk," including in a videotaped trial deposition played for jurors last week. "Historically, that's true with stars," Trump said of the Access Hollywood tape, when asked about it by Carroll attorney Roberta Kaplan. "They played that Access Hollywood tape how many times?"

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump liable for the sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll. "They're trying to take parts of Donald Trump you dislike and stretch it over Ms. Carroll's story," Tacopina said. Carroll's lawyers, for their part, said their willingness to bring the case to court only made them more believable. "There wasn't even a 'he said,' because Donald Trump never even looked you in the eye and said she was a liar," Ferrara said. "You heard from Donald Trump himself — this is just how he treats women," Ferrara said.

☆ Why battery, not rape? E. Jean Carroll's own testimony against Donald Trump helps explain Manhattan verdict
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A federal jury in Manhattan found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. That jury on Tuesday awarded her $5 million in damages, after finding Trump civilly liable for sexual battery, but not for rape. he asked Carroll. "We were basically the same height," Carroll told Tacopina during cross examination. "So you are saying," Tacopina asked, "that you got your knee up to his — it would be waist, as high as his waist?"

☆ Trump's friendship with Fox News founder Roger Ailes may have been his downfall in E. Jean Carroll trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Donald Trump continues to deny not knowing E. Jean Carroll, even after a jury found he sexually abused her. He also denied being friends with Roger Ailes at the time he was Carroll's boss in the 1990s. He was friends with Donald Trump," Carroll testified in the trial. Donald Trump on a November 1995 episode of Roger Ailes's talk show "Straightforward" on the America's Talking TV channel. "Because admitting that he knew Roger Ailes in the mid-1990s would be further proof that Donald Trump knew E. Jean Carroll."

On Tuesday, Ms. Carroll nodded along as a court clerk read the verdict aloud, her nod growing more pronounced as the clerk said Mr. Trump was liable for defamation. She walked out of the courthouse grinning from ear to ear, holding hands with her lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan. A woman yelled to Ms. Carroll, “You’re so brave and beautiful.” Ms. Carroll replied, “Thank you, thank you so much.”In a later statement, she said: “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back. Now the jury has labeled him not a Lothario but an abuser. The findings are civil, not criminal, meaning Mr. Trump has not been convicted of any crime and faces no prison time.

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