Supreme Court won't hear Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

The writer E. Jean Carroll triumphed over President Trump on Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider overturning a jury's verdict that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The unanimous federal jury found that a preponderance of evidence supported Carroll's claim that Mr. Trump sexually abused her during a mid-1990s encounter in a New York City department store. Mr. Trump did not attend the 2023 civil trial, and his attorneys called no witnesses before the jury awarded Carroll $5 million. The jury of six men and three women deliberated for less than three hours . Mr. Trump has denied Carroll's allegations since they first surfaced in 2019, when she went public with a book excerpt published in New York Magazine. He has also appealed a separate federal jury's January 2024 verdict finding him liable for making further defamatory statements against Carroll. That jury awarded her another $83 million . Mr. Trump indicated in court filings he wanted Supreme Court review of both cases. Mr. Trump claimed in his appeal of the sexual abuse case that Carroll's claims were "implausible." He argued testimony in the case stretched "credulity past the breaking point," and railed against the trial judge's decision to allow testimony from other women who alleged inappropriate sexual conduct at his hands. Carroll urged the Supreme Court to decline to hear the appeal. She argued that Mr. …