Add The New York Post on Google The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up President Trump’s appeal of the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict against him in the first E. Jean Carroll case.
Now Trump will have no choice but to pony up the $5 million to the former advice columnist.
E. Jean Carroll, left, and her lawyer arriving for a court hearing Sept. 6, 2024, where then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attorneys argued to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable of sexually abusing the writer. Paul Martinka Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis
In a separate case, a Manhattan federal court jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll and awarded her $83.3 million, which is currently being appealed in the lower courts.
Trump had denied Carroll’s accusations that he sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.
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