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Supreme Court rejects Trump appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict
CNBC • • general
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court declined to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million verdict awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation by a New York federal jury.
- Trump was separately found liable for defamation in another Manhattan federal case, resulting in an $83.3 million award to Carroll, which Trump is currently appealing in a lower federal court.
- The Court did not provide an explanation for rejecting Trump's appeal request, and no justices, including three appointed by Trump, dissented from the decision.
- Trump's lawyers argued that the trial judge improperly allowed testimony from two other women alleging sexual misconduct by Trump, which was part of the evidence in the case.
- Carroll first publicly accused Trump of rape in a 2019 New York magazine article and subsequently filed a civil lawsuit alleging rape and defamation, with a judge ruling in her favor in May 2023.
