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The Supreme Court declined to grant a rehearing of Donald Trump’s defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, leaving in place a lower-court ruling that Trump was liable for sexual abuse and defamation and a damages award of about $5.63 million (with interest). Trump also faces a separate defamation verdict of about $83.3 million in another proceeding, which is still being appealed.
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.
The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overturn the civil verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the roughly $5 million damages award in place (Carroll has now received about $5.6 million with interest). Trump had sought rehearing and argued presidential immunity questions could affect the case, but the Court offered no explanation in its order and had previously denied a prior bid. A separate $83.3 million Carroll verdict in a different case remains unresolved, with the Court yet to rule on that challenge.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its denial of Trump’s attempt to block a $5.6 million award to E. Jean Carroll from defamation and battery lawsuits, after lower court rulings ordered the payment. Carroll’s team said the funds would be placed in an interest-bearing account while the petition for rehearing is resolved. The decision closes the path for this phase of the Carroll case, though a separate $83 million judgment from the earlier suit remains before the Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict awarding $5 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for alleged sexual abuse and defamation, after he sought reconsideration of a June ruling. The court rarely grants such requests, and Trump has already paid the award plus interest. He also faces a separate defamation appeal over an $83 million judgment, linked to immunity questions, with a decision not expected until later this year.
The Supreme Court declined to reconsider Trump’s bid to avoid paying about $5.6 million to E. Jean Carroll after a 2023 civil verdict, leaving the Carroll judgment intact and tying into a separate 2024 defamation award of $83.3 million; the court gave no reasons for the denial, and the immunity argument was not central to this appeal.
Trump’s defense at Sullivan & Cromwell has been slimmed dramatically, with four of the five original partners leaving since April, leaving Robert Giuffra Jr. to lead multiple appeals—including the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, the Manhattan hush-money criminal conviction, and Letitia James’s civil fraud suit—as the firm plans to add new partners before upcoming brief deadlines.
Trump has tapped Sullivan & Cromwell to advocate in a Supreme Court appeal to overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation verdict; the move reverses the firm’s earlier reluctance to take the case, while the Justice Department argues presidential immunity and the Westfall Act shield Trump from personal liability for statements made in office, in the context of Carroll’s 1990s sexual assault allegations and Trump’s denials.
Trump and the Justice Department have asked the Supreme Court to overturn or block the $83.3 million defamation verdict against writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing his statements were an official act protected by presidential immunity. The filings cite the Westfall Act and a 2024 ruling that broadened presumptive immunity for official acts, but immunity for civil cases remains unsettled; the 2nd Circuit previously rejected extending immunity to civil matters. Carroll has two related suits, with a 2023 $5 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation and a 2024 $83.3 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation. The Supreme Court has not yet indicated whether it will hear the current appeal, after previously declining to hear the $5 million appeal.
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83 million defamation verdict tied to E. Jean Carroll’s allegations, arguing broad presidential immunity may shield him; Separately, the Justice Department is seeking to substitute the U.S. as the defendant in the case.
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn the roughly $83.3 million verdict awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing the decision could chill presidents from official actions due to civil liability; federal appeals have upheld both Carroll verdicts, and the Court previously rejected his appeal in the related >$5 million case. Carroll’s sexual-abuse claims from 1996 sparked multiple lawsuits, and Trump’s lawyers cite presidential immunity for his 2019 comments, though appellate courts have emphasized the conduct’s egregiousness.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn an $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity and that the Westfall Act could substitute the U.S. government as defendant; lower courts have rejected immunity in this matter, and the Court has already denied review in a related Carroll defamation case that yielded a separate $5 million award.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the roughly $83 million defamation verdict awarded to E. Jean Carroll, arguing presidential immunity shields him from civil claims for statements made while in office and that the U.S. government should be substituted as defendant; the Second Circuit upheld the damages, the Court isn’t in session until fall, and the DOJ may intervene under the Westfall Act, potentially ending Carroll’s suit in favor of the government.
Trump and the DOJ petition the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity for 2019 statements and seeking to substitute the U.S. government under the Westfall Act so the suit could be dismissed.
A jury found Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll and defamed her; after years of litigation, the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, allowing Carroll to receive about $5.6 million in damages, which she celebrated on social media as a victory, while Trump called the ruling a witch hunt and vowed to continue fighting.