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Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5m after Supreme Court denies sex abuse verdict appeal
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Kind of sad that sexually abusing someone is only "worth" $5 million. I feel like that's not enough to compensate someone for something so horrible. Especially now that it has global attention
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.
Agreed. Something like this would be the financial end for most people. The penalty for Donvict should be set accordingly.
We really need wealth-based percentage fines.
I get it and I absolutely agree with you. He and his ilk should be rotting behind bars. But as someone who was sexually abused and still has nightmares years and years later, I'd gladly take that $5 million instead of absolutely nothing but permanent trauma.
The total judgment is like $83 million. This is just part.
There should be some extra amount added for inflation, for late fees, for having her name plastered all over headlines, and so on.
Good news then, the award does earn interest while under appeal. Trump had to post a bond for the award plus interest accounting for appeal time. I don’t remember exactly how long they prepaid. The award doesn’t include extra for the other stuff though.