Roberta Kaplan, 57-58, (also known as Robbie Kaplan) was the primary attorney for E. Jean Carroll in her two defamation cases against Donald Trump. The jury in the second trial recently awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages — in addition to $5 million in the first trial.
Previously in her legal career, Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor, in United States v. Windsor. It was a landmark decision that required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. In 2018, she co-founded the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. Kaplan is an open lesbian
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Quote: “Kaplan, also issued a statement at [the conclusion of the first defamation trial]. ‘No one is above the law, not even a former President of the United States,’ she said, adding, ‘For far too long, survivors of sexual assault faced a wall of doubt and intimidation. We hope and believe today’s verdict will be an important step in tearing that wall down.’ ”
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