Court Won't Reopen Carroll Verdict, Leaving Trump Ruling Intact

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to rehear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn the civil verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the ruling and its damages in place after a prior June denial and a July payment of more than $5 million. The court offered no explanation for denying the appeal, a move experts say is uncommon. Carroll praised her legal team; Trump has continued to challenge the case and argued his comments were not subject to liability while he was president. A separate defamation verdict of about $83.3 million in Carroll’s favor in another case has not yet been decided.