Trump sues George Stephanopoulos, ABC News for defamation after saying he is ‘liable for rape’
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Former President Donald Trump is suing ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation after the host recently claimed that multiple juries found him “liable for rape” against writer E. Jean Carroll.
Stephanopoulos made the claim during a heated March 10 interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” during which he pressed the congresswoman on her support for Trump despite being a rape victim herself.
“Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape,” Stephanopoulos asked Mace. “How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?”
In the complaint filed Monday in federal court in the Southern District of Florida against Stephanopoulos, ABC and ABC News, Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito alleged that there is enough evidence to prove that Stephanopoulos engaged in the “actual malice” a public figure must demonstrate to prove defamation in court.
“These statements were and remain false, and were made by Defendant Stephanopoulos with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for the truth given that Defendant Stephanopoulos knows that these statements are patently and demonstrably false,” Brito wrote.
“Indeed, the jury expressly found that Plaintiff did not commit rape and, as demonstrated below, Defendant George Stephanopoulos was aware of the jury’s finding in this regard yet still falsely stated otherwise.”
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