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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.
Four women allege rape and sexual harassment at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, prompting Wes Streeting to say he is sickened and the defence secretary to promise detailed scrutiny and culture change across the armed forces; while the MoD notes external scrutiny and positive Ofsted findings, police records show multiple sexual offences and hundreds of complaints since 2018, fueling calls for an independent inquiry into the college’s culture and safeguarding.
Four Austin FC Academy players are under investigation for youth-on-youth sexual abuse, with the Austin Police Department and the FBI involved. The club suspended the affected age group, reported the allegations to SafeSport and MLS, and is conducting an internal review while cooperating with law enforcement.
During a preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented iCloud texts suggesting 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez—a girl allegedly murdered by singer D4vd (David Burke)—had been pregnant and had abortions, and that Burke began abusing her when she was 11 or 13. Prosecutors say he killed her after she threatened to expose the abuse; Burke pleads not guilty to murder and related sexual-abuse charges as the court weighs whether he should stand trial.
Donald Trump has paid about $5.6 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll, finalizing a civil verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defaming her. The payout includes interest accrued during the appeals process and came after a judge ordered payment despite Trump’s bid to delay so he could pursue Supreme Court review. Funds were held in a court-controlled account during the appeals period.
Carroll has collected the $5,625,005.48 judgment (with interest) from Trump, the amount awarded by a 2023 jury for sexual abuse and defamation. The funds, held in a court escrow, were disbursed after the Supreme Court denied Trump’s appeal; his lawyers unsuccessfully tried to block the disbursement. Carroll plans to keep the money in an interest‑bearing account and use it for retirement, while a related $83 million defamation judgment and its appeals continue separately.
After years of legal wrangling, Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll: the 2nd Circuit denied his bid to pause a district court order sending $5 million (plus interest) to Carroll as part of two verdicts totaling $88.3 million; the money sits in escrow, the Supreme Court declined to overturn the verdict, and Carroll's case moves toward full payment.
A federal judge ordered the release of $5.8 million held in escrow to writer E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed her. The funds, plus interest, come from a 2023 verdict and have sat in court-ordered escrow for over three years even as Trump’s team pursued a rehearing. Separately, Carroll was awarded about $83.3 million in damages for defamation in another proceeding, which Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court as well. Judge Lewis Kaplan criticized Trump’s delays and said it was time to pay the judgment, prompting the release of the escrow funds.
An ex-girlfriend of Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner tells The Washington Post he repeatedly removed condoms during sex without her consent, despite her not using birth control. Platner’s campaign denies the allegations as politically motivated, and another woman has accused him of sexual assault, prompting calls for him to withdraw. Platner has denied all accusations but says the situation has impacted his campaign.
Adriana Rullan, 30, a former teacher at Antonio Gonzalez Middle School in Laredo, Texas, was sentenced by a Webb County jury to 33 years in prison after being convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 related to a relationship with a 13-year-old student; the sentences for indecency with a child and an improper educator-student relationship run concurrently and include $20,000 in fines. The case was supported by forensic cellphone data, photographs, and videos, with testimony from the victim and the mother detailing the emotional toll on the family. The investigation began in 2023, Rullan pleaded not guilty, and an appeal could be pursued.
The Supreme Court declined to review the 2023 civil verdict, so Carroll’s $5 million judgment against Trump for sexual abuse and defamation stands, while Trump also faces a separate $83.3 million award in the same case and ongoing debates over presidential immunity.
The Supreme Court declined to review Donald Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, leaving intact the 2023 jury verdict that awarded Carroll about $5 million in a sexual abuse and defamation civil suit. Trump argued presidential immunity and that the claims are decades old; the decision comes amid related immunity rulings that have affected other cases, and Carroll's civil win remains in force.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Trump's bid to overturn the jury verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and defamed her, allowing a $5 million award to stand.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24, freed after two years in Hamas captivity, describes brutal sexual assaults by his captors—including being stripped, taunted, groped, and threatened with a knife and gun—and says he was forced to profess love before his release; he is urging other survivors to come forward to empower others as one of the final hostages freed under a cease-fire.
Pope Leo XIV opened his seven-day Spain visit by praising the government’s anti-war stance and support for migrants, meeting King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and planning an address to Parliament while meeting abuse victims and migrant-welfare groups; the trip also includes honoring migrants who died off the Canary Islands and highlights Spain’s progressive immigration policy.