Top U.S. court upholds ‘$5 million’ Trump sex assault judgment

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - June 30, 2026 04:41 am IST - Washington U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday (June 29, 2026) Donald Trump's effort to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll and must pay her $5 million. The court's decision not to hear the U.S. President's challenge was issued as part of a raft of other rulings and contained no reasons. On May 9, 2023, the federal civil court in Manhattan found Mr. Trump liable for a "sexual assault" on the former newspaper columnist in a New York department store in 1996. Mr. Trump fired back at the Court's decision not to reconsider the jury's ruling. "Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to 'review' a Fake Case brought against me by a woman I never met (Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!)," Mr. Trump wrote on social media. "I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength." E. Jean Carroll, now 82, revealed in a book published in 2019 what she considered to be a rape committed 23 years earlier in a fitting room. The Republican billionaire had called her a "nut job." "Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll," said Ms. Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan. "His multiple efforts to appeal that verdict have all failed and today's ruling ends his quest to avoid accountability for his actions." Mr. Trump was ordered to pay $2 million in damages for sexual assault and $3 million for defamatory remarks he made in 2022. That judgment was upheld on appeal in December 2024. In another defamation case before the federal civil court in New York, Trump was ordered by a jury to pay her $83.3 million, a decision that was confirmed on appeal. A criminal investigation targeting Ms. Carroll has been opened by the U.S. Department of Justice, several U.S. media outlets reported at the end of May. According to CNN and The New York Times, citing sources close to the case, the investigation aims to determine whether the author lied under oath during depositions related to the two civil suits she brought against the president. CNN reported that prosecutors are focusing on a statement in which she claimed she had received no outside funding. It later emerged that billionaire Reid Hoffman had covered part of her legal fees and expenses, the broadcaster said. The probe is just one legal maneuver undertaken by Trump's Justice Department, which is attempting to use the courts to target his personal enemies. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Top U.S. court upholds ‘$5 million’ Trump sex assault judgment

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