Supreme Court Declines to Review Trump's Carroll Verdict

The Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million jury verdict against him in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case, one of two suits Carroll filed. The 2023 trial found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $2 million for battery and $3 million for defamation; Carroll also has a separate defamation damages verdict of about $83 million that remains on appeal. Trump responded on Truth Social; Roberta Kaplan said the ruling affirms the jury’s verdict and accountability. The decision ends his attempts to delay or overturn the judgment in this case.