NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President Donald Trump in a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a writer in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.
Trump's Appeal Denied: Federal Court Upholds $5 Million Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case. A decisive 8-2 vote by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump's request for a rehearing, affirming the jury's finding of sexual abuse and defamation
Carroll testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store’s dressing room.
Trump's $5 Million Sexual Abuse Verdict Upheld: Appeals Court Rejects Rehearing A federal appeals court has definitively rejected Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million civil judgment against him, stemming from a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 8-2 decision upholds a December ruling that dismissed Trump's claims of trial errors, including the testimony of additional accusers
The women said Trump committed similar acts against them in the 1970s and in 2005. Trump denied all three women’s allegations.
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Request to Rehear $5 Million Sexual Abuse Verdict. A 4-judge panel affirmed the court's decision, stating that re-litigating the case is not an appropriate use of the appeals process. The ruling upholds the December decision against President Trump, stemming from E. Jean Carroll's sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Request for Rehearing in Sexual Abuse Case: Judges cite lack of exceptional importance or conflict with precedent in denying reconsideration of the $5 million judgment
Biden-Appointed Judges Uphold $5 Million Verdict Against Trump
Trump's appeal fails: A federal appeals court, in an 8-2 decision, upheld a $5 million judgment against him in a sexual abuse case. Two dissenting Trump-appointed judges, Steven J. Menashi and Michael H. Park, criticized the trial's "indefensible evidentiary rulings
Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Verdict Against Trump: The court refused to reconsider its decision, citing the jury verdict as based on inadmissible character evidence and lacking reliable facts. Judges determined that a fair trial was not compromised, rejecting Trump's claims of procedural errors
E. Jean Carroll Celebrates Appeals Court Upholding $5 Million Trump Verdict: The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider its ruling against Donald Trump, confirming the $5 million judgment in the sexual abuse and defamation case
Trump's $5 Million Sexual Assault and Defamation Verdict Upheld: Appeals Court Rejects Reconsideration. Despite repeated attempts to overturn the jury's findings, President Trump's challenge to the civil judgment has been definitively rejected by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 8-2 decision confirms the original verdict, holding Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation
Trump skipped the trial after repeatedly denying the attack ever happened. He briefly testified at a follow-up defamation trial last year that resulted in an $83.3 million award. The second trial resulted from comments then-President Trump made in 2019 after Carroll first made the accusations publicly in a memoir.
Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Verdict Against Trump in Sexual Abuse Case: A unanimous decision rejects Trump's appeal, affirming the jury's finding of sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll. Judge Kaplan's rulings, including the admission of testimony from other accusers, are also upheld
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Arguments in that appeal are set for June 24.
The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.
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