Supreme Court declines to rehear Trump's appeal in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case
The ruling leaves intact a jury finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, while a separate $83 million appeal remains pending.
- The US Supreme Court declined to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal to overturn a jury ruling that found he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.
- Trump paid $5.6 million to Carroll following a civil jury's finding that he sexually assaulted and defamed her.
- Carroll accused Trump of assaulting her in a New York department store dressing room in 1996.
- The Court is reviewing an $83.3 million defamation case related to statements Trump made about Carroll in 2019.
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SCOTUS Rejects Trump’s Rehearing Request
The Supreme Court has declined to take President Trump’s request to rehear an appeal in the $5 million judgment against him for sexual abuse and defamation. The decision was shared in an unsigned order. A similar rejection was dealt in June, which led to Trump’s legal team requesting that the justices reconsider. President Trump’s lawyers wrote in the July 8 petition to rehear the case: “When a forthcoming or pending case may affect the proper d…
Supreme Court Once Again Rejects Trump Appeal in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case
E. Jean Carroll attends the Make Equality Reality Gala in New York on Oct. 8, 2024. —Steven Ferdman—Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Monday denied President Donald Trump’s request for a rehearing in relation to a 2023 civil case that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, court documents show. The President’s legal battle with Carroll began in 2019, after the writer alleged she was raped by Trump in a changing…
In May 2023, a federal jury found Trump responsible for sexual abuse and defamation and ordered him to pay Carroll $5 million.
The 82-year-old writer accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting him in a department store in 1996 and then defaming him. A second case for defamation at $83.3 million remains pendingThe US Supreme Court refused on Monday to consider a final appeal filed by Donald Trump against his civil conviction to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million. The latter accuses him of sexually assaulting and then defaming him when she revealed the facts. As…
The U.S. Supreme Court has for the second time refused to grant a petition by President Donald Trump to overturn Trump’s award of $5 million for damages to author Jean Carroll for sexual abuse. The Republican tycoon had asked the U.S. highest court to reconsider his decision after Trump’s first request for damages was rejected in June, according to the NBC News. The president already transferred the payment, along with his corresponding interest…
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