Trump loses another bid to overturn $5m E Jean Carroll verdict

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 17, 2026 · 389 words · By Catherine Nouhan

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Trump loses second Supreme Court bid over E Jean Carroll sex abuse case The Supreme Court denied Trump’s latest request to challenge the $5m sexual abuse and defamation verdict.

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What happened

Trump loses second Supreme Court bid over E Jean Carroll sex abuse case The Supreme Court denied Trump’s latest request to challenge the $5m sexual abuse and defamation verdict.

Why it matters

The United States Supreme Court has denied, for the second time, US President Donald Trump’s appeal of a 2023 civil suit stemming from allegations that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in 1996.

Common ground

The court’s August order list, released on Monday, rejected Trump’s request to reconsider its previous decision in June that denied his appeal of the 2023 verdict, which found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that A jury awarded Carroll $83.3m for that lawsuit in 2024?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A jury awarded Carroll $83.3m for that lawsuit in 2024.”

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Cross-references and web search results confirm a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in a defamation case.

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web search NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits filed by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits, both overseen by U.S.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._T…

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web search NEUTRAL — Carroll filed the defamation suit over remarks Trump made while president. Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million in connection with a separate Carr…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/83-million-trump-defamation-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump denied wrongdoing and continued challenging both Carroll and the verdict through public statements and the appellate courts. Then came a second tr…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hK2HF6yCRA

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Claim 2: “After the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal in June, Carroll collected the $5m judgement plus interest. The damages payout was ultimately about $5.8m.”

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Web search results confirm that Trump paid over $5.6 million (consisting of the $5 million judgment plus interest) to E Jean Carroll in July.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 2024, since the 1970s, at least 28 women have publicly accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. These accusations include rape, sexual assault, sex with minors, physical abuse, kissing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elizabeth Jean Carroll (born December 12, 1943) is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits filed by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits, both overseen by U.S.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._T…

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Claim 3: “The United States Supreme Court has denied, for the second time, US President Donald Trump’s appeal of a 2023 civil suit stemming from allegations that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in 1996.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US Supreme Court denied Donald Trump's appeal for a second time regarding the 2023 civil suit involving E Jean Carroll.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the President of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal ju…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_can…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
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Claim 4: “The court’s August order list, released on Monday, rejected Trump’s request to reconsider its previous decision in June that denied his appeal of the 2023 verdict, which found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist.”

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Multiple sources confirm the Supreme Court rejected Trump's attempt to overturn the $5 million verdict and the finding that he sexually abused and defamed Carroll.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justic…
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Claim 5: “Carroll has won two separate defamation suits against Trump.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that 'E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits'.

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Claim 6: “The order denied 33 requests in total.”

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The provided Wikipedia results discuss the general structure of the Supreme Court and its justices, but do not mention a specific August order denying 33 requests.

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Claim 7: “Trump is also appealing that judgement to the Supreme Court, arguing that presidential immunity protects statements he made while president.”

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Multiple sources confirm Trump is appealing the $83.3 million judgment to the Supreme Court using the argument of presidential immunity.

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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 28, asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to writer E Jean Carroll, arguing that his statements m…
https://news.meaww.com/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Mr. Trump’s appeal of the $83.3 million defamation verdict, his lawyers cited the July 2024 Supreme Court decision, arguing that “presidential immunity forecloses any liability here and requires th…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/nyregion/trump-e-jean-car…

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump is turning to the Supreme Court with the Justice Department’s help to avoid paying E Jean Carroll nearly $90 million after federal grand juries found him liable for defamation and sexual …
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…

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Claim 8: “Trump has been engaged in litigation with Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine, since 2019, when she published an excerpt from her memoir alleging that Trump had raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan in 1996.”

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Multiple sources confirm Carroll is a former Elle magazine columnist and that she alleged Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996, leading to litigation.

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web search NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll, former U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser, arrives at Manhattan Federal Court. Carroll, 80, a former Elle magazine advice columnist, has accused Trump, 77, of raping her [File: …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/22/chk_trumpmaytestify…

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web search NEUTRAL — Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll have agreed to a single trial on whether Trump defamed the former Elle magazine columnist by denying he raped her in the mid-1990s.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trump-rape-acc…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump had said Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist and a registered Democrat, made up the allegations to try to increase sales of her 2019 memoir and to hurt him politically.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-742567

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Claim 9: “The case that led to the $5m verdict concerned Trump’s statements in 2022, when he called Carroll’s claim a “hoax” and a “con job” in a post on social media.”

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While other claims regarding the $5m verdict are corroborated, the specific details about the 2022 'hoax' and 'con job' social media posts were not present in the provided evidence.

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