Trump appeal in sex assault, defamation case rejected again
US President Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll in 2023, and his appeal against the jury’s verdict has been rejected for a second time.
E Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Jan 17, 2024, in New York. (Photo: AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
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WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday (Aug 17) rejected for a second time US President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.
The Supreme Court did not give any reason for its decision not to hear the president’s challenge. The court in late June also refused to hear Trump’s appeal against the original May 2023 verdict.
Carroll, 82, a former journalist and columnist, accused Trump of assaulting her in a dressing room of a New York department store in 1996.
Trump paid US$5.6 million to Carroll last month after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her.
When the allegations were published in a 2019 book she wrote, the Republican billionaire called Carroll a “nut job” and claimed she had fabricated her case.
In a separate defamation case in New York, Trump was ordered to pay US$83.3 million to Carroll. Trump has also appealed that judgment to the Supreme Court.
Source: AFP/fs
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