Supreme Court Declines Trump's Request For E. Jean Carroll Rehearing

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Donald Trump’s request for a rehearing of the case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll over allegations of sexual abuse. The refusal leaves in place an earlier lower-court ruling upholding a jury verdict that found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The damages plus interest total $5.63 million. Carroll said Trump abused her at a Manhattan department store in 1996 and later defamed her; Trump denies the allegations. Separately, Trump is also appealing another verdict in which a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million for defamation. Last month, the $5.63 million was sent to Carroll’s lawyers after a judge ordered it released from escrow during the appeals.