Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Stand
The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request by President Trump to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found in 2023 that he sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll.
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Monday’s decision is a major blow to Mr. Trump, likely marking the end of his legal efforts to contest the jury verdict finding that he assaulted Ms. Carroll in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room.
Or maybe not the end of his efforts but the end of his lawyers’ willingness to assist his efforts. He could continue screaming into the wind until he chokes on his last Big Mac.
In response to the decision, Mr. Trump posted on social media, calling Ms. Carroll’s lawsuit “a Fake Case.” He added that he would “continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength.”
Ms. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, said that the decision “affirms once and for all the jury’s unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll. His multiple efforts to appeal that verdict have all failed, and today’s ruling ends his quest to avoid accountability for his actions.”
Part of the evidence against him was that notorious “You can grab them by the pussy” remark. One boast too many…
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