Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to appeal E. Jean Carroll $5 million verdict
Source: CNBC
Published Mon, Jun 29 2026 9:36 AM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump of a New York federal court jury’s verdict awarding the writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million for having been sexually abused and defamed by Trump.
Trump separately was found civilly liable by another Manhattan federal court jury for having defamed Carroll. She was awarded $83.3 million in that case, which Trump is appealing at a lower federal appeals court.
The Supreme Court did not explain why it rejected Trump’s request that it hear his appeal of the $5 million verdict from the 2023 trial, as is typical for such orders. None of the justices, three of whom were appointed to the high court by Trump, issued a written dissent to the decision.
Carroll in a 2019 New York magazine article alleged that Trump had raped her in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s. She later filed a civil lawsuit alleging rape and that he had defamed her when he denied her claims. A judge in May 2023 found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll, and defamed her.
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump of a New York federal court jury's verdict awarding the writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million for having been sexually abused and defamed by Trump.
Trump separately was found civilly liable by another Manhattan federal court jury for having defamed Carroll. She was awarded $83.3 million in that case, which Trump is appealing at a lower federal appeals court.
The Supreme Court did not explain why it rejected Trump's request that it hear his appeal of the $5 million verdict, as is typical for such orders. None of the justices, three of whom were appointed to the high court by Trump, issued a written dissent to the decision.
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump of a New York federal court jury's verdict awarding the writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million for having been sexually abused and defamed by Trump.
Trump separately was found civilly liable by another Manhattan federal court jury for having defamed Carroll. She was awarded $83.3 million in that case, which Trump is appealing at a lower federal appeals court.
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being lined up and ready to throw at the WH walls.
For future endeavors! 
In my opinion. Probably some of Putin's thugs he allowed in. 
...he lost the case either way! Because we all know whose DNA that was. 
Anyone with a lick of sense would have tried to settle out of court, but his ego wouldn't let him do that. So instead, there was a trial in which every detail of that sordid story became part of the public record.
Also, the amount the jury awarded him was huge, and it got even huger when he turned right around and started defaming her again. Are you tired of all the winning yet, Donald? 
… stating “I don’t hafta pay, neener neener!
I'm flabbergasted! And happy!
This doesn't begin to make up for all the things they've gotten horrendously wrong, but it does help a little.
It's especially interesting that none of the Sinister Six, or even the Gruesome Twosome, felt moved to write a dissent. It's almost as if there are some lines even they won't cross!
