US supreme court rejects Trump’s bid to appeal $5m E Jean Carroll verdict
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review President Trump's challenge to a jury verdict awarding $5 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury had determined that Trump was liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s and subsequently making defamatory statements about her. With the court's refusal to intervene, the verdict stands and Trump must pay the awarded damages.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets emphasize the jury's substantive judgment, explicitly stating what the jury determined about Trump's conduct. Some outlets highlight the jury's unanimity or the evidentiary standard (preponderance of evidence) that was met in reaching the verdict.
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Jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing former magazine columnist and defaming her
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The US supreme court declined on Monday to hear Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5m verdict in favor of E Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her.
The justices turned away the president’s appeal after a lower court upheld the 2023 jury verdict and rejected Trump’s arguments that the trial was unfair because the judge impermissibly let jurors hear evidence of his alleged past sexual misconduct.
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