Court rejects Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case : NPR

A federal appeals courtroom has rejected an attraction by Donald Trump after a jury choice that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll.

After a nine-day civil trial in 2023, a jury decided that the plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll, was sexually abused by Donald Trump at a Manhattan division retailer in 1996. The jury additionally discovered that Trump defamed her in statements made in 2022.

The jury awarded her a complete of $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Trump appealed. He contended the trial courtroom choose erred in a number of rulings — together with selections to permit the testimony of two girls who alleged that Trump sexually assaulted them previously. He additionally mentioned the choose mustn’t have allowed the jury to listen to the 2005 Access Hollywood recording the place Trump described how he kissed and grabbed girls with out first acquiring their consent.

In a 77-page ruling, a three-judge panel mentioned the President-elect didn’t display that the district courtroom erred in any of the challenged rulings. As well as, the appeals courtroom mentioned none of Trump’s claims affected his “substantial rights” and it didn’t warrant a brand new trial.

In an announcement, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung derided the federal appeals courtroom choice. “The American Individuals have re-elected President Trump with an amazing mandate, and so they demand a direct finish to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all the Witch Hunts, together with the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which is able to proceed to be appealed.”

In 2024, a different New York jury in state courtroom ordered Trump to pay Carroll $83 million. Jurors decided her credibility was ruined as an recommendation columnist when he referred to as her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.