Trump to appeal E Jean Carroll $5m verdict after being found liable for sexual abuse
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is appealing the verdict in the E Jean Carroll case after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
Ms Carroll was awarded $5m earlier this month by the jury in the civil trial in Manhattan.
The appeal was filed not long after Judge Lewis Kaplan entered the judgement in the case, according to CNN.
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