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Posted: 2024-01-29T21:47:36Z | Updated: 2024-01-29T21:48:29Z E. Jean Carroll Plans To Spend Defamation Money On 'Something Donald Trump Hates' | HuffPost

E. Jean Carroll Plans To Spend Defamation Money On 'Something Donald Trump Hates'

If it will cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, thats my intent, Carroll said during her first interview following last week's $83.3 million verdict.

E. Jean Carroll hopes she can get under Donald Trumps skin with how she spends her $83.3 million defamation settlement.

Last Friday, a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll for his repeated attacks on the author, who accused the former president of rape in her 2019 book, What Do We Need Men For?

Trump was found liable for sexual assault, but not rape, last May. He was initially ordered to pay Carroll $5 million, but she sued for a second time after Trump continued publicly harassing her following the judgment.

On Monday, Carroll and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, appeared on Good Morning America to discuss last weeks verdict for the first time.

The former Elle magazine columnist told ABC News George Stephanopoulos that the decision left her overwhelmed her with elation, adding, It filled me up it was almost painful.

Asked how she plans to use the eight-figure sum, Carroll said, Id like to give the money to something Donald Trump hates.

If it will cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, thats my intent, she added.

The writer said shes also considering starting a fund for the women who have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump.

Over the years, over two dozen women have come out with sexual misconduct or rape allegations against the businessman, according to The Guardian .

After Fridays ruling, Trump turned to his social media platform, Truth Social , to call the jurys decision absolutely ridiculous.

Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon, Trump wrote. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!

Watch Carrolls comments on GMA here:

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