lawsuit that was filed by a former wwe employee. mcmahon denied the allegations and said he is prepared to defend himself in court. in a statement tonight he said he was resigning, quote, out of respect for the wwe universe. thank you very much for joining us tonight on this very busy news week. you will get great legal perspective coming up. . $5 million did not stop donald trump, will $88.3 million? . the jury says that donald trump must pay 83.3 million to e. jean carroll for statements he made against her. vastly more than anyone expected and a huge victory for e. jean carroll. before the verdict was read the judge asked the jury foreperson what does the m mean? the answer, million. that comes on top of $5 million awarded back in may by the jury that found trump sexually abused carroll and defamed her in 2022 by disparaging her and denying the allegations. the former president is livid. obviously. he has gone on social media, also, obviously, to try to blame, wait
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anderson. was far less than families have requested. still the question of punitive damages. plus, the infowars host also faces two more trials involving families of those killed in sandy hook. today an attorney for the parents in this texas case told cnn they are, quote, thrilled by the jury s decision. remember, jones is the man who claimed repeatedly including, directly to the parents of the children murdered in sandy hook that it was all a lie and never happened. let s go right to cnn s drew griffin, who has been following this trial from the start. first, drew, break down this for [inaudible] us. how did the jury get to this figure, one point $4 million? the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, the jury came in only for the i look jones was found liable by default in this case. one of the default cases was against the father of six-year-old jesse lewis. name is neil heslin and he claims defamation. that jury will voted the release for. $110
that it was all a lie and never happened. let s go to cnn s drew griffin, who has been found a trough in the start. drew, first break down the verdict for us. how exactly did the jury get to the figure of four point $1 million. the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, they came in only for the punishment phase or money face. alex jones was fined liable by the fault in this case. one of the cases was for the father of he claimed definition. that defamation is what the jury awarded at least for them. that was $110,000. but for both parents, scarlett lewis and neil heslin, the jury said, for the inception of emotional distress, now and then the future, warning them each $2 million. as you say, that is far below the $150 million that they asked for. jim, i just viewed an obnoxious video by alex jones that he put out on his website, as he begged for money from his viewers calling this a major victory for truth, alluding to the fact that this whole trial was a de
also tonight, cnn has learned that former president trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the u.s. justice department about the january 6th criminal investigation. stand by for our exclusive new reporting as sources now reveal that trump s attorneys have warned him that indictments, criminal indictments are possible and wnba star brittney griner is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by a russian court on drug charges. the u.s. is now reviewing for moscow to accept a proposed prisoner swap aimed at bringing griner home. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news right now. a texas jury awarding more than $4 million to the parents of the sandy hook shooting victim suing alex jones over defamation and distress over his repeated lies about the tragedy. cnn correspondent drew griffin is working the stor