Donald Trump receives $15 million from ABC News for calling anchor ‘responsible for rape’

ABC News will pay $15 million. INRDonald Trump has been paid 127.5 million yen ($127.5 million) after the two sides reached a settlement to resolve a defamation lawsuit filed by the U.S. president-elect, according to court documents filed on Saturday. It became.

Under the terms of the settlement, ABC News will donate the funds to the President’s Foundation and a fund dedicated to President Trump’s museum.

Republican leaders have filed a lawsuit over on-air comments suggesting the news network’s top anchor George Stephanopoulos was found “responsible for rape.” Stephanopoulos made the remarks during an interview with Republican Sen. Nancy Mace in March.

ABC News and Stephanopoulos also plan to publicly apologize, saying they “regret the comments they made” about Trump during the interview, and the network will also pay an additional $1 million in legal fees.

The two sides reached a settlement a day after Judge Lisette M. Reed called both Mr. Trump and Mr. Stephanopoulos into depositions.

The president-elect, who is scheduled to be sworn in on January 20, held the top job from 2016 to 2020, but was accused of sexual abuse in a 2023 lawsuit filed by author Elizabeth Jean Carroll. It turned out. However, under New York state law, sexual abuse is a different offense than rape.

Earlier this year, a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in additional damages. This came after another jury awarded her $5 million in damages in a sexual assault and defamation verdict last year. President Trump disputed the allegations and filed an appeal against the ruling.

In the recent presidential election, Trump made a stunning political comeback by defeating Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

(With AFP input)