Writer E. Jean Carroll on Monday requested a decide to replace her nonetheless pending unique defamation lawsuit in opposition to former President Donald Trump so as to add a new declare after he trashed her as a “whack job” throughout his CNN city corridor earlier this month.

In a courtroom submitting late Monday, Carroll lawyer Roberta Kaplan stated her shopper will probably be in search of a “very substantial punitive damages award” for Trump’s remarks.

Trump made the feedback a day after a federal courtroom jury in New York found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a Manhattan division retailer within the Nineties after which defaming her for calling her claims fraud. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.

Trump complained concerning the verdict on his social media platform Truth Social shortly afterwards, and went on a tirade about Carroll throughout a CNN city corridor the following night time, the proposed amended grievance filed by Carroll’s lawyer notes.

Asked about his response to the decision by CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins, Trump responded “by repeating many of the same defamatory statements for which the jury had just found him liable the day before,” the submitting stated.

“During the exchange, Trump falsely stated that he did not sexually abuse Carroll, that he has no idea who Carroll was, and that Carroll’s now-proven accusation was a ‘fake’ and ‘made up story’ created by a ‘whack job,'” amongst different insults, based on the submitting.

“This conduct supports a very substantial punitive damages award in Carroll’s favor both to punish Trump, to deter him from engaging in further defamation, and to deter others from doing the same,” it stated.

Trump lawyer Alina Habba stated in a assertion to NBC News that “Ms. Carroll’s eleventh hour attempt to amend her complaint exposes the true motivation behind her numerous lawsuits.”

A spokesperson for Trump’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.The civil case, which went to trial final month, was truly Carroll’s second lawsuit in opposition to Trump. Her first alleged that he defamed her by calling her a liar after she initially went with public with her declare in 2019, whereas he was nonetheless president.

That case was tied up on enchantment over points relating as to whether Trump may very well be held responsible for feedback he made whereas president.

A Washington appeals courtroom despatched the case again to New York for additional proceedings, and it is once more pending earlier than U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the latest trial.

Trump has filed discover that he is appealing the $5 million verdict.