US Supreme Court Denies Trump Appeal in $5 Million Defamation Case
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider President Donald Trump‘s appeal regarding a $5 million judgment against him for sexual abuse and defamation. This decision means Trump must now pay $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist.
E. Jean Carroll initially sued Trump for defamation in 2019. In 2022, following the passage of a New York law that allows victims of sexual abuse to pursue civil claims for past incidents, she filed a renewed lawsuit against him for defamation and battery.
In an unusual turn of events, the second case, filed in 2022, proceeded to trial first, and a jury awarded Carroll $5 million. This is the case the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear. The initial 2019 case went to a second trial, resulting in an $83 million judgment against Trump. Including interest, Trump now owes Carroll over $100 million. The 2022 lawsuit alleged that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll in a New York department store in the mid-1990s and then defamed her by claiming she fabricated the story to boost book sales.
