More broadly, this case shows how hard it is to use defamation law to repair any perceived damage to your reputation. Once a case begins, you never can control what will be said in court.
In his judgment, the judge said he was satisfied the most serious imputations were proven on the balance of probabilities, which is the test in such civil cases.
requested amendments we saw from e. jean carroll s lawyers yesterday. a piece of what her lawyers are saying is that what we presuppose will happen in defamation suits, the norms that we expect will be respected, both by the defendants in these cases and by the audiences of these defendants in the future are collapsing in this dynamic. defamation law is really built on a structure that presupposes that the truth will be litigated in front of a jury within the boundaries of the law, within the boundaries of the rules of evidence. and then once it s adjudicated it will be respected. that is, we will remedy the harm that is done to the individual reputation, but we will also remedy the broader societal lie that all of us will hear and understand that the court has adjudicated this defamation case and we will adjust in our own minds what the truth is, that
fake, news a, hoax on a made-up story, but even when i showed him the famous photo raheem is stuck e. jean for marla maples, when he realized he made the mistake, he said the photo was blurry. it wasn t very. but it was classic donald trump. i think the jury really heard that. they really absorbed it, that s why we got a verdict in two and a half hours. this is the reason this was a bigger story to put it in these terms, because i feel like i m a little casting a movie about it or something, but you saying that it s a disadvantage that he lies so much, i feel like for some i ve heard that in seven years. the ability to lie without shame and without any sort of tell, without any sort of remorse about it whatsoever, and about even the most important things has always seemed like a political superpower to him. you ve turned it into the opposite. by virtue of the court system. he s revived defamation law. donald trump single-handedly e. jean, let me just ask you one last question