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

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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. Decision leaves intact $5m civil judgment against Trump after jury found him liable for sexually abusing writerThe US supreme court has once again declined to consider Donald Trump’s appeal of a jury verdict in 2023 that found him liable for sexually ​abusing writer E Jean Carroll, and later defaming her.The court announced the decision in an unsigned order on Monday, without providing an explanation of their decision. The order just listed the US president’s petition, along with several other petitions, under “rehearings denied”.

The US president has already paid the writer over $5m in damages in the assault and defamation case. (The Hill) - The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s longshot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million sexual abuse verdict.

The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in June. The new, one-sentence order denies it again without comment or any [...] Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million.

The Supreme Court has again denied President Donald Trump’s bid to throw out a $5 million verdict in writer E. The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. The Supreme Court has again rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in favor of writer E.

The US Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s US$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.

It is unusual – although not unheard of – for the court to grant such requests. Trump paid the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up... 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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