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By Kara Scannell, CNN
(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has posted a $91.63 million bond as he appeals the judgment towards him within the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.
The discover of Trump’s bond and enchantment was made with the federal courtroom in New York on Friday.
In January, a federal jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages because of Trump’s defamatory statements denying he raped her, saying she wasn’t his kind, and accusing her of creating up the allegation to spice up gross sales of her ebook. Carroll won’t gather the award in the course of the enchantment.
Insurance coverage firm Chubb underwrote the bond for Trump, which the previous president signed on Tuesday. Below the phrases of the bond, Chubb will solely safe the enchantment of the $83.3 million judgment, not any future appeals.
The bond measurement is bigger than the judgment as a result of the district courtroom typically requires a celebration to put up 110% of the bond.
In an announcement, a Chubb spokesperson declined to touch upon the specifics of Trump’s bond.
“As a matter of coverage, we don’t touch upon client-specific data,” the spokesperson stated. “Our surety division offers enchantment bonds within the regular course of enterprise. These bonds are an strange and vital a part of the American justice system, defending the rights of each defendants and plaintiffs.”
Trump additionally faces a March 25 deadline to place up one other $454 million within the New York legal professional common’s civil fraud case.
In Carroll’s case, Trump has argued that the jury award is extreme and must be lowered. Through the trial, Carroll’s legal professionals advised the jury that Trump must be punished with a big quantity in damages in order that it truly will get him to cease his defamatory conduct.
Along with these two judgments towards him, Trump can be going through mounting authorized charges he owes on the 4 legal trials he’s going through as he campaigns for an additional presidential time period.
This story has been up to date with further developments.
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