Trump appeal in sex assault, defamation case rejected again
US President Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll in 2023, and his appeal against the jury’s verdict has been rejected for a second time.
The US Supreme Court has once again rejected US President Donald Trump's bid to overturn a $5.6 million civil judgment against him for allegedly sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll in 1996. The court made the decision on Monday, August 17, without providing any reasoning for its refusal to hear the president's appeal. In June, the court also declined to review Trump's earlier appeal against the May 2023 verdict.
Carroll, a former journalist and columnist, alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the early 1990s. Trump paid Carroll a settlement in May 2023 after a civil jury found him guilty of sexual assault and defamation. The same day, Carroll was also ordered to pay Trump $83.3 million for defamation. Trump has previously filed several appeals against the defamation judgment.
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