Trump sues ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation
Stephen BattaglioMarch 19, 2024
Former President Trump is suing
TV journalist
George Stephanopoulos and ABC News for
gossip
for saying he raped advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.
On a March 10 edition of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” the host said Trump was “responsible for rape” during his interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)
South Carolina
. Stephanopoulos asked Mace, a rape victim herself, how
could be
she
could be
rationalize support for Trump’s 2024 presidential candidacy.
The lawsuit against Trump, filed on Tuesday
a
US District Court in Miami,
saidsaying
the jury in the Carroll case found him liable for sexual abuse and not rape, and that Stephanopoulos defamed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee by using the term.
A jury ruled in January that Trump must pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages
anus
finding Trump liable for defamation, the second case involved a 1996 incident that occurred when the two met in a New York neighborhood.
City
department store.
In May, jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, but found Trump responsible for the lesser charge of sexual abuse, along with defamation, and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump, who denied the incident took place, repeatedly mocked Carroll for her claims.
Trump’s suit
sites quotes
how Stephanopoulos himself reported that Trump was not liable for rape when he reported on the ruling of
the previous
Caroll
First
case on May 10.
The suit also noted that the headline
on
an ABC News online story about the Mace interview first used the word “rape” and was later changed to “sexual assault.”
Trump’s lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
ABC News has not commented on the matter.
The tense “This Week” interview was widely reported
divided shared
on social media. Mace took offense to Stephanopoulos’ question, claiming he “raped” her by bringing up her own experience as a victim, which she did.
spoken
publicly discussed
many times
.
Trump has previously sued media outlets including the New York Times and CNN without success.

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