E. Jean Carroll seeks to amend other Trump lawsuit for his reaction to battery verdict
E. Jean Carroll is seeking to amend a defamation lawsuit against Trump to account for statements he made after a jury found him liable for battery and defamation Former President Donald Trump's words about writer E. Jean Carroll may, again, come back to haunt him. Carroll's attorneys sought on Monday to amend her initial defamation lawsuit against Trump, filed in 2019, to account for allegedly defamatory statements he made about her after a jury found him liable for battery and defamation in a second lawsuit that the former Elle magazine columnist filed against him last November. There was no immediate response from Trump or his lawyers. Carroll's first suit has been tied up on legal technicalities and, in the new court filing, her lawyers sought a judge's permission to include Trump's words after the May 9 verdict against him. MORE: E. Jean Carroll talks court victory against Trump: 'I feel fantastic' "Immediately after the verdict was announ...