Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Appeal in E. Jean Carroll Case Again

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Donald Trump's appeal for a second time, refusing to overturn a jury's decision that found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The court provided no explanation for its decision to reject the former president's plea.

This latest rejection follows a similar denial in late June, when the court initially refused to hear Trump's appeal against the May 2023 verdict. In that verdict, a civil jury determined that Trump had sexually assaulted Carroll in a New York department store dressing room in 1996 and subsequently defamed her when he denied the allegations.

Following the jury's findings, Trump paid Carroll $5.6 million last month. However, the legal battles are not over. Trump is also appealing a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to Carroll in a different New York case. The outcome of that appeal also awaits a decision from the Supreme Court.

Carroll, an 82-year-old former journalist and columnist, first made her accusations public in a 2019 book. Trump vehemently denied the claims, calling Carroll "deranged" and asserting she fabricated her story. The repeated legal setbacks underscore the ongoing consequences of the defamation and assault findings against the former president.