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E Jean Carroll to spend $83m defamation award on 'something Donald Trump hates'

www.bbc.com E Jean Carroll to spend $83m defamation award on 'something Donald Trump hates'

The writer says she was "terrified" to face the ex-president in court in her defamation case.

Ms Carroll, 80, told ABC News on Monday: "I'd like to give the money to something Donald Trump hates.

"If it will cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, that's my intent."

The former magazine columnist suggested the money could be used to set up a "fund for the women who have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump".

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"fund for the women who have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump".

It should be a civil lawsuit fund. Pay the legal bills for other women to launch civil lawsuits against him. Bury the fucker.
- Oh this is a much better idea. I was thinking like... vegetables? But now I hope for your thing instead:-).
  
  I was thinking build a windmill next to maralago.
- A non-profit that handles lawsuits where powerful men have grabbed women by the pussy
  
  I'd donate to that cause
I suggest spending it on additional defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump.
- I like her idea better. Helping others would definitely piss him off.
  
  ;)
  
  I doubt it. I don't think information that doesn't involve him directly even enters into his awareness.
  
  Anything that hurts Donald Trump financially is helping others.
  
  Give it to mexico, would piss him off more than anything. They have this real bad ~~cocaine~~ sugar problem and need to get it out... Or so Ive heard... From a ~~friend~~ neighbour...
  
  On a serious note, getting mexicans across the border to get citizenship would give him a heart attack
  
  How about helping others sue him? That would be great.
A smart move would be to spend on a get out the vote effort in swing states.
- Especially mail in ballots
  
  Hire armed guards to guard the ballot boxes from armed 2A nutjobs
- Absolutely this. I hope she does it.
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU
- I don't think Trump actually has opinions on those organizations because they don't affect him personally. To him they're names he can mention to rile up his cult.
I suggest gay wind farm.
Donald thinks I'm a complete cunt, wouldn't piss on me if I were on fire atop Obama's presidential bed in a Russian hotel. He considers me to be worse than Hunter Biden's laptop.

Just saying.
- Can confirm; this guy is a real asshole. Just, really, fuck this guy. ~~because he got here first to say this~~
Black people?
- How many could she buy?
Trump probably doesn't actually hate anything... His crippling narcissism would stop him from focusing on something else long enough to hate it. He's an opportunist that repeats what he's told to publicly discourage by his handlers, but he couldn't tell you the things he "hated" yesterday.
- Just ask the last guy he spoke to what they hate and you'll find it
- Gift it to Obama
  
  Or the mexicans
Send a few thousand Mexicans to Mar-A-Lago.
- Buy Mar-a-lago when it inevitably gets auctioned off, rename it the Barack Obama Center for Displaced Youth and fill it full of children separated from their parents at the border.
  
  Obamalago
  
  Any guest that uses the bathroom can leave with a state secret document replica prop.
  
  Owned by Trump Lawsuit Winnings LLC
  
  My vote is for "Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good" since Trump really doesn't like reading.
- Sounds like something a Republican would do
- Wouldn't that just end up rehiring all the staff he fired when he ran for president?
is she actually going to get the money?
- If he loses the appeal, I believe she will. He has to put 120% of the award in escrow with the court while the appeal process unfolds. The extra is actually for interest and fees, so if the appeal takes awhile, she might actually get more (if I’m understanding that correctly)!
  
  He has to put 120% of the award in escrow with the court while the appeal process unfolds.
  
  That's a very important part of the process. It does 2 things.
  
  1: makes sure the victim can actually get the money at the end of the process.
  
  2: prevents pointless appeals that have zero chance of success. Or at least makes the appealer think about the implications of losing a frivolous appeal.
The Biden campaign.
- Ewww!!!!
  
  Imagine spending all that money that could be used to help poor people on fucking joe biden.
  
  At that point, Trump and his ilk still win lol.
A million dollar donation to any Democrat in a close race.
On something he hates?

That’s… just a lot of salad, I’m not sure how much salad that can buy.
- Um, maybe she could try to:
  
  "Blunt the knives, bend the forks
  
  Smash the bottles and burn the corks
  
  Chip the glasses and crack the plates..."
  
  🤷🏼‍♂️
Trump hates my guts
Donate to anti oil efforts.
Rosie O'Donnell doesn't need the money though...
How about she uses it to help those in need?
- Pretty sure that's her plan, to help other women he has assaulted come forward and have the money to sue him. At least that's what she mentioned.
  
  Yeah, god forbid it goes to someone who is starving or to build affordable housing xD
I like her sentiment, but it sounds to me like the guy is living rent free in her head. Just spend the money on something that brings you meaning and makes the world a slightly nicer place for others.
- Imagine telling a rape victim that her rapist is "living rent free in her head". Phase that moronic cliche out of your vocabulary. It makes you sound like a dumbass.
- Turnip Dump has been living rent free in the heads of every decent American since his presidency. If you weren't outraged at his bullshit, you lack a moral compass.
  
  Yes this, it's absurd he's a frontrunner in what is essentially a two party system. As someone in a neighboring country, the impact a US president has on the world at large is scary. Like he could be commander in chief of the world's largest military...again? There was too much anxiety for his first term, of course people think about what he'll do in a second term and not just because of domestic issues. He disbanded the pandemic team that could have had a huge impact on COVID, that alone should tell people to be concerned. Of course we'll never know if it did but it'd be nice to know what that difference would have made, cause it wouldn't have been worse for sure.
  
  I'm as outraged as anyone. Just thought it might help the healing process for her to try and focus the money elsewhere.
- Insensitive clueless post of the year.
- What a condescendingly shitty take.
- The fact that you're a terrible person aside, one of the things she mentioned is a fund for other victims of his assaults, which would bring her meaning and make the world a nicer place for others, but that requires reading the article. Saying someone's rapist is living rent free in their head within days of a court verdict about the rape though, fucking trash tier humanity
  
  I hope whatever made you this way gets better
  
  Thanks for your input. I think with my comment I was just coming from a place of wanting to not give that POS any blip of additional attention than what he's already taken. I find revenge sort of exhausting and I would wish, especially for her, that she finds a way to think about him less. She's inspired a creative exercise in trying to come up with what would annoy a monster the most. Of course it's all things which would make the world a better place as well. I was trying to think of a way to do that without invoking that asshole. Admittedly I chose my words terribly, but maybe others got a rise calling me horrible things and standing up for what's right, so I've left it up. Keep fighting the good fight.

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