Donald Trump: A federal jury in E. Jean Carroll's Adult Survivors Act lawsuit found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded her $5 million, about $2.02 million on the sexual-assault claim and about $2.98 million on the defamation claim. The Second Circuit affirmed the verdict on December 30, 2024, declined to rehear it and, on June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court declined to hear a further appeal, ending the case.

This is one of 67 dated entries in Donald Trump's record in office on this site, filed as a ruling dated May 9, 2023. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

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2023-05-09

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A federal jury in E. Jean Carroll's Adult Survivors Act lawsuit found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded her $5 million, about $2.02 million on the sexual-assault claim and about $2.98 million on the defamation claim. The Second Circuit affirmed the verdict on December 30, 2024, declined to rehear it and, on June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court declined to hear a further appeal, ending the case.

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1. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/23-793/23-793-2024-12-30.html
2. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/appeals-court-upholds-5-million-e-jean-carroll-verdict-trump-rcna185745
3. https://courthousenews.com/no-en-banc-in-trump-appeals-of-e-jean-carroll-verdict-83-million-judgment/
4. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/trump-e-jean-carroll-supreme-court-sex-abuse.html