Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
The justices declined to revisit findings that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, leaving the jury’s $5 million award in place.
- On Monday, June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court refused to hear President Donald Trump's appeal, upholding a 2023 jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
- The case stems from Carroll's allegation that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996, resulting in the $5 million civil judgment the jury awarded in 2023.
- Trump's legal team argued that District Judge Lewis Kaplan improperly allowed "highly inflammatory" evidence, including the "Access Hollywood" tape and testimony from two other women alleging sexual misconduct.
- Separately, Carroll secured a $83.3 million defamation judgment in a second lawsuit, which remains on appeal as Trump's lawyers continue to challenge that ruling.
- Trump has consistently denied the allegations, characterizing the litigation as a distraction from his presidential duties; the Supreme Court's refusal effectively ends his challenge in this specific matter.
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Donald Trump Fails to Overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $5M Case
Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court has refused to hear Donald Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. The $5 million jury verdict against him still stands. The justices’ decision on Monday closes the door on Trump’s bid to overturn a jury’s finding that he sexually abused and later defamed writer Carroll. Supreme Court denies Donald Trump’s request to overturn E. Jean Carroll case By declining to take up the case, t…
The US president expressed disappointment with the decision and called Carroll's lawsuit a “bogus case”.
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump's appeal of $5M Carroll verdict
WASHINGTON, June 29 — The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump's bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her.
The Supreme Court of the United States refused Monday to consider Donald Trump's appeal against his civil conviction to pay five million dollars to the writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused her of sexually assaulting her and then defaming her when she revealed the facts. ...
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