WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump鈥檚 push to a jury鈥檚 $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
The Republican president鈥檚 lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal. The court denied Trump鈥檚 petition along with several others.
It鈥檚 unusual 鈥� although not unheard of 鈥� for the court to grant such requests. the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up his appeal in June.
Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling . They argue he鈥檚 immune from being sued over comments he made about her in 2019, when he was president. The court has not yet acted on that appeal.
Carroll is a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host. She testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly 1990s encounter into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan. The jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022.
Carroll鈥檚 attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said they were pleased by the Supreme Court’s decision.
“As a result, the jury鈥檚 unanimous verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and then defamed E. Jean Carroll is now final and cannot be challenged in any court,鈥� Kaplan said in a statement.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.
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