Trump had already been ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in the sexual abuse case — something he’s currently appealing — and now … on the defamation front, a jury came back with an astronomical figure, saying DT has to cough up $83.3 million to the woman.
Trump was ordered to pay about $65 million in punitive damages, and about $18.3 mil in compensatory damages — otherwise known as actual damages, meaning the harm she says she literally suffered as a result of Trump’s statements about her.
Carroll’s attorneys wanted $12 million in actual damages for each statement — and in the end, she got about 70% of that. The astounding number, of course, is the $65 mil … and that itself speaks volumes about how the jury felt in terms of sending a message to the ex-Prez.
