Writer E. Jean Carroll discussed how she might spend her $83.3 million defamation settlement from former President Donald Trump.
Carroll spoke with The New York Times from her lawyer's office on Saturday saying, "We're going to do something good" with money won from her lawsuit against the former President.
She added: "I'm not going to waste a cent of this." "I’m going to be able to buy some premium dog food now," she said, in reference to her dogs.
The writer said Friday's ruling was so "overpowering" she "couldn't feel the elation."
"This win, more than any other thing, when we needed it the most — after we lost the rights over our own bodies in many states — we put out our flag in the ground on this one," Carroll continued. "Women won this one. I think it bodes well for the future."Loading...
The exact amount or timeframe for Carroll to receive her money from Trump is unclear as the former president's lawyer, Alina Habba, said they would "immediately" file an appeal to Friday's verdict.
On Friday, Trump called the ruling "absolutely ridiculous!"
"I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party," he continued. "Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon."
"They have taken away all First Amendment Rights," Trump wrote. "THIS IS NOT AMERICA!"
Prior to Friday's verdict, Trump commented on the trial in a Truth Social post noting he had been an "A-List celebrity for many decades."
The former president detailed his frustrations with the case in a series of follow-up posts:Since no one knows which date or dates to refer to, because the accusing woman can’t say the day, month, season, year, or decade, it would have been impossible for me to walk into a crowded department store (surrounded by buildings I own), right opposite the cashiers’ checkout desk, without being written about on Page Six, and every other outlet at the time. Remember, those gossip columnists were, perhaps, even more vicious and obsessed than the Internet of today.
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"She has been 'all over the place' on the timing of this alleged 'incident,' which never took place, and is being coached by Lunatic Radical Left Democrat operative attorney, Roberta Kaplan, who has sued me before, and just lost," Trump continued in another post. "I am the only one who has been injured by this attempted EXTORTION."
Trump noted the writer had gained fame and money over the course of the trial.
"Judge Kaplan should put this whole corrupt, Crooked Joe Biden-directed Election Interference attack on me immediately to rest," Trump wrote of Carroll's lawyer. "He should do it for America, because a President of the United States was accused of doing something he did not do by an UNKNOWN, TO HIM, woman seeking fame, fortune, and publicity for her ridiculous Book!"
