UPDATE: 1:33 PM:The jury has reached a verdict inE.
Jean Carrolls multi-million defamation trial againstDonald Trumpafter just a few hours of deliberations.
The decision is expected to be read out in the next few minutes.
Donald Trump is seen on January 26, 2024 in New York CityGWR/Star Max/GC Images
Carrolls lawyers are looking for at least $24 million in compensatory damages, plus more in punitive damages.
Trump has already been found liable last year of sexual abusing and defaming Carroll.
Back in May, that jury awarded the former Elle columnist $5 million.
Writer E. Jean Carroll (C) leaves federal court after the verdict in her defamation case against former US president Donald TrumpGetty Images
Carroll says his defaming remarks put her in danger and ruined her reputation.
stated Yes I did.
She said something that I considered a false accusation totally false.
Sticking to the judges guidelines, Carrolls lawyer Roberta Kaplan got in one question of cross-examination of Trump.
Is this the first trial that you have attended involving you and E. Jean Carroll?
she asked, Trump replied Yes.
Before giving his testimony, Trump clearly was overheard to say in court: I never met the woman.
I do not know who this woman is.
Writer Carroll long has claimed that Trump assaulted her in the mid-1990s in NYC department store Bergdorf Goodman.
Those statements and posts have ruined Carrolls reputation, her lawyers have claimed.
