NewzThe Supreme Court once again declined to take up President Trump's attempt to toss a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.The big picture: Carroll's payday had been long delayed as the president fought the verdict. The Supreme Court already declined to throw it out earlier this year.Trump's lawyers are also still fighting a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay her, arguing he's entitled to presidential immunity.Driving the news: The justices did not explain their reasoning for declining to take up the challenge, as is typical.After the Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to toss the civil verdict in late June, his legal team petitioned for a rehearing, pointing to his separate challenge over immunity claims.Carroll received the more than $5 million she was owed earlier this year, which her legal team said she would place in an interest-bearing account until Trump's petition was denied.Catch up quick: Carroll filed two lawsuits against Trump stemming from her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s and his subsequent denials.She first sued him in 2019 for defamation over statements he made accusing her of fabricating the claim.She sued him again in 2022, this time alleging sexual assault and defamation for another statement Trump made.
That second lawsuit went to trial first, and in May 2023, a jury found Trump liable, awarding her $5 million.A jury in the other lawsuit then awarded Carroll $83.3 million for Trump's defamation. His lawyers unsuccessfully appealed the $83.3 million judgment to a federal appeals court. But the president's team is now asking the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing presidential immunity shield Trump from liability for statements he made while president, Axios' Alex Isenstadt reported.Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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 department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.The Republican president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal. The court denied Trump’s petition along with several others.It’s unusual — although not unheard of — for the court to grant such requests.
Trump paid the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up his appeal in June.Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million. They argue he’s immune from being sued over comments he made about her in 2019, when he was president. The court has not yet acted on that appeal.Carroll is a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host.
She testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly 1990s encounter into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan. The jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022.Trump has denied any wrongdoing.The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.___Follow the AP’s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court.
Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File) FILE - E. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File) 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.
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