The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Trump to throw out a jury's finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order, per the AP. Trump's lawyers had argued that allegations leading to the $5 million verdict were propped up by "highly inflammatory" evidentiary rulings, including those that allowed the testimony of two other women who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago. Trump has denied all three women's allegations.
Trump's attorneys also framed it as a distraction from his unique duties as president, though the verdict came before his return to the White House. Carroll's lawyers had urged the justices to pass on the case. They argued that the women's testimony was relevant because the allegations were similar, and that the case judge's decisions were in line with others around the country. "This question is not worthy of review," wrote attorney Roberta Kaplan.
Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host, testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower. The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022. A jury also awarded Carroll an additional $83.3 million after a second defamation trial. Trump is also appealing that ruling, though it's not yet before the Supreme Court.
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