Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City…

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The Supreme Court has once more rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a $5 million ruling that found him guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Trump's legal team had requested the justices to reconsider their decision to not hear his appeal. Along with this, Trump's team also sought approval to dismiss a second $83 million verdict against him.

The court declined to hear both appeals in June, and Trump has already paid the initial judgement. Trump and the Justice Department are currently seeking the high court to overturn the second verdict as well. The second verdict alleges that Trump is protected from lawsuits regarding his comments about Carroll from 2019, when he was serving as president.

The court has yet to rule on this appeal. Carroll, a long-time advice columnist and former TV talk show host, testified in a 2023 trial that Trump had turned a consensual encounter in the 1990s into a violent assault in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a high-end store near Trump Tower in Manhattan. The jury determined Trump responsible for defaming Carroll by denying her allegations in 2022.

However, Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The AP does not identify individuals who claim to have been sexually assaulted unless they publicly announce it, as Carroll has done.

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