Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault
Donald Trump‘s E. Jean Carroll case has faced another setback after the Supreme Court declined to reconsider the verdict. The latest decision comes after Trump paid $5.6 million in damages.
The Supreme Court has declined to reconsider the verdict finding Donald Trump liable in E. Jean Carroll’s case
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider the verdict in Trump’s E. Jean Carroll case, after she accused him of sexually abusing her at a luxury store in New York City in the 1990s.
Trump’s latest effort to challenge the verdict was rejected after he paid Carroll $5.6 million in July. According to PEOPLE, the Supreme Court’s order list available online states that the court has declined his request for rehearing of the case, with no explanations or dissents noted in the online order.
Carroll first went public about allegations in 2019 in her book, What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal. She alleged that Trump held her against the wall of a dressing room and raped her in department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. However, Trump denied the allegations in a podcast, saying that she was “not my type” and that he had never met her. They were reportedly photographed together, contrary to his claims.
In 2019, Carroll sued Trump for defamation. In 2022, she sued him for battery and defamation under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in 2023.
However, despite paying the damages, Trump asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its earlier verdict, but the court denied his request on August 17.
The latest ruling leaves the verdict intact, marking another setback in his legal battle with Carroll. Neither Trump nor Carroll has made any public comment regarding the latest decision in the case.
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Originally reoprted by Aman Sharma for Mandatory
