Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reconsider a jury’s $5 million verdict against President Donald Trump for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll and later defaming her. Trump’s legal team had asked the court to reject the verdict, but the court denied this request again.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court declined to review the $5 million verdict against President Trump.
- The case involves allegations that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a New York City store in the mid-1990s.
- Carroll also won a defamation claim after Trump denied her allegations.
- Trump paid the $5 million judgment soon after the court refused to hear his appeal in June 2024.
- Trump and the Justice Department are seeking to overturn a separate $83 million verdict related to other statements he made about Carroll in 2019.
- The Supreme Court has not yet made a decision on the effort to overturn the $83 million verdict.
- Carroll is a writer and former TV talk show host who publicly came forward with the accusations.
- Trump denies any wrongdoing in the case.
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