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

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll and later defaming her. The ruling confirms Trump's liability in the case, which stemmed from allegations that he raped Carroll around 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan.

A jury initially found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her after she publicly accused him of rape. A lower court had previously upheld the verdict, rejecting Trump's arguments that the trial was unfair because the judge allowed jurors to hear evidence of his alleged past sexual misconduct. This decision leaves the $5 million judgment against Trump in place.

E. Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine, first publicly alleged in a 2019 New York magazine article that Trump raped her around 1996. She sued Trump in 2022 for defamation and battery. The Supreme Court did not provide a reason for rejecting Trump's appeal request, which is typical for such orders.

Trump's lawyers have asked Carroll's consent to delay the $5 million payment and signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal. According to CBS News, Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, informed Trump's team that Carroll does not consent to the delay and requested immediate disbursement of the funds. Kaplan also asked a judge to set an expedited schedule for the release of the $5 million in damages plus additional interest.

Trump has vehemently denied Carroll's allegations, claiming he didn't know her and 'she's not my type.' His denials were central to Carroll's defamation allegations. The jury watched a moment in Trump's videotaped deposition where he mistakenly identified Carroll as his ex-wife Marla Maples, which Kaplan argued proved Carroll was indeed Trump's 'type.'

In response to the Supreme Court's decision, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the case was fake and that he had never met Carroll. Carroll celebrated the ruling on her Substack blog, writing, 'WE WON! THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!' Attorney Roberta Kaplan stated that the decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that Trump sexually assaulted and defamed Carroll.

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll have asked a federal judge to release $5.8 million owed to her one day after the Supreme Court refused President Donald Trump's request to overturn a ruling that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer, as reported by UPI. The filing accused Trump of attempting to delay the release of a $5 million penalty against him. Lawyers said they're also seeking another $800,000 in interest, according to The Hill.

The memorandum was filed one day after the Supreme Court declined Trump's appeal to have the $5 million civil penalty tossed. Carroll's lawyers requested a deadline of July 10 for all briefings in the matter to be completed, as reported by CNN. 'Given that the Supreme Court yesterday denied Defendant's petition for certiorari, and given the cost to Plaintiff of further delay in this nearly four-year-old litigation, we submit that there is good cause to adopt a modestly compressed briefing schedule as to payment of the judgment,' Carroll's lawyers wrote in the Tuesday memorandum.