Supreme Court refuses to review E. Jean Carroll’s $5M sex abuse, defamation suit against Trump

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up President Trump’s appeal of the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict against him in the first E. Jean Carroll case.

Now Trump will have no choice but to pony up the $5 million to the former advice columnist.

E. Jean Carroll, left, and her lawyer arriving for a court hearing Sept. 6, 2024, where then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attorneys argued to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable of sexually abusing the writer. Paul Martinka

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In a separate case, a Manhattan federal court jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll and awarded her $83.3 million, which is currently being appealed in the lower courts.

Trump had denied Carroll’s accusations that he sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.

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