Donald Trump to receive $15 million as ABC News agrees to settle defamation lawsuit

Washington:

ABC News will pay a $15 million settlement to resolve a defamation lawsuit filed by President-elect Donald Trump, according to court documents filed Saturday.

The lawsuit stems from on-air comments by lead anchor George Stephanopoulos, who said Trump was found “responsible for rape” during an interview with U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace that aired in March.

The terms of the settlement require ABC News to donate $15 million to a fund dedicated to “a presidential foundation and museum” for Trump.

The news organization and Stephanopoulos will also issue a public apology saying they “regret the statements” made about Trump during the aforementioned interview, and the network will pay an additional $1 million in attorney's fees.

The case was settled a day after Judge Lisette M. Reid requested depositions from Trump and Stephanopoulos.

Trump had been found responsible for sexual abuse — a different transgression from rape under New York law — in a case filed in 2023 by writer E. Jean Carroll.

The settlement marks the latest victory in Trump's string of legal fortunes since winning the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Last month, a U.S. appeals court granted the dismissal of charges related to Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents upon leaving the White House.

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith also suspended a second federal case regarding Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, although Trump faces racketeering charges over the same issue in a Georgia case.

And for Trump's May conviction in the hush money case — the only criminal charges against him to go to trial — Judge Juan Merchan postponed sentencing indefinitely.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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