{
  "id": 1571837,
  "title": "Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll sex abuse case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/supreme-court-again-rejects-trumps-bid-to-overturn-e-jean-carroll-sex-1571837",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T21:48:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/supreme-court-again-rejects-trumps-bid-to-overturn-e-jean-carroll-sex-abuse-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a second instance, the United States Supreme Court has refused President Donald Trump's appeal to overturn a federal civil jury verdict. The verdict previously ruled that Trump was responsible for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll. Notably, the Supreme Court previously denied Trump's request to review the civil case in June. Throughout the proceedings, Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing and argued that the judge overseeing the civil trial improperly allowed certain evidence to influence the jury's perception of him. After paying Carroll over $5 million in damages, Trump referred to the incident as a hoax on social media. E Jean Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, expressed their satisfaction with the Supreme Court's decision, stating that the jury's unanimous verdict is now final and cannot be challenged in any court. The court's ruling was published in an order list on Monday, but no reason was provided for why the justices declined to rehear the case. Legal experts noted that Trump's attempt to reconsider the earlier June rejection was an unusual and unlikely legal maneuver, as the court seldom grants such requests. E Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who is now 82 years old, sued Trump for defaming her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The defamation claim arose from a 2022 post on Truth Social, where Trump denied the allegations and referred to Carroll as \"not my type\". Trump has yet to comment on the Supreme Court's latest decision to decline rehearing the case. Following the initial decision in June, Trump vowed to persistently challenge the \"weaponisation and lawfare case\" and the \"ridiculous\" defamation claim. In the initial petition to the Supreme Court, Trump's lawyers contended that Carroll's lawyers should not have allowed jurors to view the infamous Access Hollywood footage from 2005, in which Trump used crude language while discussing groping and kissing women. Trump also requested the Supreme Court to overturn a separate federal civil defamation verdict, awarding Carroll $83.3 million. However, his attorneys argued that Trump cannot be held liable for comments he made while serving as president. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on this case.",
  "summary": "For a second time, the US Supreme Court has declined President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a federal civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll. In June, the top court had already denied a prior attempt by Trump to review the civil case. The president has [...] The post Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll sex…",
  "key_points": [
    "Supreme Court denies Trump's bid to overturn E Jean Carroll's $5M civil verdict",
    "Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan satisfied with final unanimous jury verdict",
    "Trump's attempt to challenge earlier June rejection was unusual legal maneuver"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}