Supreme Court won't rehear Trump's appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll case
Summary
The Supreme Court has refused again to hear President Donald Trump's appeal in a sexual abuse and defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. A federal jury found Trump liable and ordered him to pay over $5 million in damages.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court declined for the second time to review Trump’s appeal in the case.
- A civil jury in 2023 decided Trump sexually abused Carroll and defamed her by denying the claims.
- The jury awarded Carroll $5 million plus additional interest, totaling $5.62 million.
- The alleged abuse occurred in the 1990s in a department store changing room.
- Trump denied the allegations and did not attend the first trial or call witnesses.
- Carroll also won a related defamation case with a separate jury awarding her over $83 million.
- Trump’s lawyers argued that the appeals court should have ruled on presidential immunity in the defamation claims.
- Trump’s legal team called the case a "Democrat-funded travesty," continuing to deny the accusations.
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