29 jun 2026
US supreme court rejects Trump’s bid to appeal $5m E Jean Carroll verdict
Jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing former magazine columnist and defaming her US supreme court decisions The justices turned away the president’s appeal after a lower court upheld the 2023 jury verdict and rejected Trump’s arguments that the trial was unfair because the judge impermissibly let jurors hear evidence of his alleged past sexual misconduct.
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The decision means the US president will now have to pay her the $5m (£3.6m) in damages she'd been awarded.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal of E Jean Carroll's sexual abuse case
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