Donald Trump Forced To Pay Over $83M In Damages To E. Jean Carroll In Defamation Trial

After just three hours of deliberations, a New York jury today says Donald Trump has to pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in her defamation trial against the former president.

Of that impressive $83.3 million, $65 million is punitive damages and $11 million is for harm to the former Elle columnist’s reputation.

Trump himself was not present for the decision from the seven man and two women jury Friday. A constant attendee for the trial, Trump even briefly took the stand yesterday. However, the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host left the Manhattan courthouse about 45 minutes ago to head to La Guardia airport for a campaign event in Nevada on Saturday.

While not a huge dent in self-declared billionaire Trump’s wallet, Friday’s verdict is, in the words of CNN’s Jake Tapper this afternoon, “quite a chuck of change.”