ABC to pay $15 million to Trump library to settle lawsuit, courtroom paperwork present

(Reuters) -ABC Information has agreed to provide $15 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over feedback that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case introduced towards Trump by author E. Jean Carroll, a courtroom doc filed on Saturday confirmed.

The lawsuit, filed on March 19 in U.S. District Courtroom in Southern Florida, accused Stephanopoulos of creating the statements with malice and a disregard for the reality. It stated the statements have been distributed extensively to 3rd events and repeated.

“We’re happy that the events have reached an settlement to dismiss the lawsuit on the phrases within the courtroom submitting,” an ABC Information spokesperson stated in an announcement.

The lawsuit cites a March 10 interview with U.S. Consultant Nancy Mace, a Republican who has spoken publicly about being raped as a young person. Through the interview, Stephanopoulos stated Trump was discovered answerable for rape and requested her how she may endorse the candidate.

In line with the settlement, ABC Information should publish by Sunday an announcement on the backside of a March 10 on-line article that accompanied the interview.

“ABC Information and George Stephanopoulos remorse statements concerning President Donald J. Trump made throughout an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” the assertion should say, in keeping with the courtroom doc.