Observers of the Malignant Loser know of his lack of self-control and recklessness. His infantile id is always rebelling against the adults who have to clean up his continual messes. In the defamation trial brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll, the Malignant Loser is already in the second damages phase of the trial, since the first $5 million judgement against him for defaming Carroll didn't dissuade him from continued defamatory statements. Now the jury has to determine what additional amount he owes Ms. Carroll in damages, and her attorneys have been keeping score on the statements he's made out of court recently. They've notified the presiding judge in the case, Judge Lewis Kaplan, by letter that they want to present recent evidence to the jury of the Malignant Loser's continued defamation. An excerpt from that letter to Judge Kaplan:
"[W]e write to provide copies of ....two statements that Defendant made about Ms. Carroll since she stepped down from the witness stand on January 18...These statements, in which Defendant repeats his false claim that he 'never heard of [Ms. Carroll], never touched her, had nothing to do with her,' and, as noted above, promises to repeat his lies “a thousand times.” Such statements are of course relevant to the issue of punitive damages, as they illustrate that Defendant has no intention of ceasing his defamation campaign against Ms. Carroll, even in the face of judicial proceedings in which his liability for defaming her is settled." (our emphasis)
Minimally, we'd like the jury to impose punitive damages in the upper tens of million of dollars level, realizing that he'll never be good for all the money and will continue to smear and lie about Ms. Carroll. Since the Malignant Loser has said he'll repeat the lies about Carroll "a thousand times," damages in anticipation of that should be set accordingly. As Judge Kaplan said last week as the Malignant Loser disrupted the trial, "you just can't control yourself."
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