Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
The justices declined to revisit findings that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, leaving the jury’s $5 million award in place.
- On Monday, June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court refused to hear President Donald Trump's appeal, upholding a 2023 jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
- The case stems from Carroll's allegation that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996, resulting in the $5 million civil judgment the jury awarded in 2023.
- Trump's legal team argued that District Judge Lewis Kaplan improperly allowed "highly inflammatory" evidence, including the "Access Hollywood" tape and testimony from two other women alleging sexual misconduct.
- Separately, Carroll secured a $83.3 million defamation judgment in a second lawsuit, which remains on appeal as Trump's lawyers continue to challenge that ruling.
- Trump has consistently denied the allegations, characterizing the litigation as a distraction from his presidential duties; the Supreme Court's refusal effectively ends his challenge in this specific matter.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll US$5m sexual assault verdict
WASHINGTON, June 30 — The US Supreme Court rejected yesterday Donald Trump’s effort to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed E Jean Carroll and must pay her US$5 million (RM20 million).The court’s decision not to hear the US president’s challenge was issued as part of a raft of other rulings and contained no reasons.On May 9, 2023, the federal civil court in Manhattan found Trump liable for a “sexual assault” on the for…
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on the 29th (local time) that he was surprised by the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss the lawsuit filed against him by commentator Gene Carroll and that he would continue the fight, but The Hill reported that Trump has lost any legal means to resist.
The lawsuit concerned Carroll's claim that in the mid-1990s, the President of the United States committed sexual violence against her.
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll case | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Supreme Court declined today to hear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her.
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union-bulletin.comSupreme Court ruling in E. Jean Carroll sex assault case means Trump will now have to pay up
The decision unlocks $5 million awarded to Carroll, which the president was required to deposit in a court-controlled account after the trial, where it has since remained, accruing interest.
Supreme Court refuses Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual abuse verdict
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan nearly 30…
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