A New York jury in the sexual assault trial of Hollywood director James Toback awarded nearly $1.7 billion in damages to 40 women who accused him of various sex crimes going back decades.
According to a statement issued by Nix Patterson, LLP, a Texas-based law firm that represented the plaintiffs, the jury awarded $280 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 billion in punitive damages on April 9 following a week-long trial.