U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Challenge Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal in the case of writer E. Jean Carroll, CBS reports.

The court refused to review the 2023 jury verdict that found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll. The Supreme Court had been his last chance to have the ruling overturned.

A federal jury in 2023 concluded that Trump had sexually abused Carroll during an encounter in the mid-1990s at a department store in New York. Trump did not attend the civil trial, and his lawyers did not call a single witness. The jury ultimately awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.

In January 2024, another jury found Trump liable for defaming the writer and awarded her another $83 million.

In his appeal, Trump argued that Carroll’s statements were “implausible” and “beyond the bounds of common sense.” He also criticized the judge for allowing testimony from other women who had accused him of harassment.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s complaint in December 2024 and, in June 2025, refused to rehear the case.

Trump’s legal team called the proceedings “a hoax funded by Democrats.”

“President Trump will continue winning in the fight against the liberal use of the judicial system for political purposes, while continuing to focus on his mission to make America great again,” his representatives said.