Trump had been guilty in 2023 of sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll. Host George Stephanopoulos stated during an interview that the Republican had been found “responsible for rape.”
The elected president of the United States, donald trumpwon a defamation suit of US$15 million against ABC Newsafter a television host made false accusations that the Republican had been declared “responsible for violation“.
George Stephanopoulos was in charge of making those statements, on repeated occasions, during a interview which was carried out March 10 while challenging a congresswoman who supported Trump.
Among several of his sayings, the presenter stated that “the judges and two separate juries had declared responsible for rape“, and he came to repeat it during 10 times during the duration of the transmission.
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How was the lawsuit and what should ABC News do?
Stephanopoulos stated mistakenly to the air that trump had been responsible for raping the writer E. Jean Carrollwhen in reality legal definition of New York in 2023 he had been determined guilty of sexual abuse.
Both parties agreed that ABC should publish a statement stating they will excuse and will regret for the statements you made and you will be paid US$15 million as a charitable contribution to a “presidential foundation and museum that will be established by or for the plaintiff.” In addition, you will be paid US$1 million for the legal fees.
On the other hand, it was established that the chain will publish a editor’s noteat the end of its news article on the website on March 10, 2024, with the following text: “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements about President Donald J. Trump made during George Stephanopoulos’ interview with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024“.
Finally, a ABC News spokesperson announced in a statement that the company was “satisfied that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit in the terms presented to the court”.
Source: Ambito
