Trump's bid to overturn sex assault judgement rejected for second time

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 17, 2026 · 198 words

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What to know about Trump's bid to overturn sex assault judgement rejected for second time

It's the second time Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn damages awarded to E.

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What happened

It's the second time Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn damages awarded to E.

Why it matters

The US Supreme Court rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's request to overturn a jury judgement that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E.

Common ground

In July, Trump and the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to overturn an $83 million (€71 million) defamation verdict won by writer Carroll.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/17/us-supreme-court-again-rejects-trumps-reques…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The US Supreme Court rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's request to overturn a jury judgement that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll.”

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Multiple independent web search results (The Guardian and others) confirm that the US Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the jury verdict regarding E. Jean Carroll for a second time.

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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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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…
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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 2: “She later sued Trump for defamation after he accused her of fabricating the allegations to boost book sales, saying he had never met her and that “she’s not my type.””

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Multiple sources confirm Carroll sued for defamation after Trump claimed she fabricated the story for book sales and stated he had never met her and she was 'not my type'.

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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 …
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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.…
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Claim 3: “Carroll testified twice before New York juries that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a department store in 1996.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm that Carroll testified that Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the 1990s (specifically 1996).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ask E. Jean is a 2025 American documentary film, directed and produced by Ivy Meeropol. It follows the life and career of E. Jean Carroll and her legal battles against Donald Trump. It had its world p…
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Claim 4: “The former journalist and columnist first made the allegations public in a 2019 memoir.”

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Wikipedia and web search results explicitly state that E. Jean Carroll first made the allegations public in a 2019 memoir.

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Claim 5: “In July, Trump and the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to overturn an $83 million (€71 million) defamation verdict won by writer Carroll.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Trump and the DOJ petitioned the Supreme Court in July to overturn an $83 million defamation verdict won by Carroll.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt wh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kai Madison Trump (born May 12, 2007) is an American social media personality. A member of the Trump family, she is the eldest child of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump and the eldest grandchild of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vanessa Trump (née Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi, later Haydon; born December 18, 1977) is an American model. She is the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. They were married from 2005 to 2018, and had five children…
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Claim 6: “The Supreme Court did not give any reason for its decision not to hear the president's challenge.”

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Web search results explicitly state that the Supreme Court did not provide a reason for its decision to decline hearing the challenge.

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web search NEUTRAL — The US supreme court has rejected for a second time Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a jury verdict in 2023 that found him liable for sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll, and later defaming her.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/trump-e-jean…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. The US president paid $5.6 million (€4.8 million) to Carroll last month after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her.The Supreme Court did…
https://www.soz6.com/news/us-supreme-court-again-rejects-tru…

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web search NEUTRAL — On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's challenge to the judgment.An appeals court also upheld the verdict in 2024. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Trump's lawyers failed to s…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/supreme-court-decline…

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Claim 7: “The US president paid $5.6 million (€4.8 million) to Carroll last month after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Trump paid $5.6 million to Carroll following the civil jury's findings of sexual abuse and defamation.

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump pays E Jean Carroll $5.6mn in assault and defamation case.E. Jean Carroll receives $5 million payment from Trump for civil suit. 9 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump did sexually abuse E Jean Carroll, jury determines. stefan armitage. Follow us on Google Discover.The jury also found that Trump defamed Carroll, after he previously described her accusat…
https://vt.co/news/us/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-pays-56-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Writer E. Jean Carroll accused the president of assaulting her in a dressing room of a New York department store in 1996.A US judge ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll US$5 million for …
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-judge-or…

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