Court Upholds Carroll's Win Against Trump in Assault Case

A federal appeals court upheld a jury's decision that Donald Trump sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in a department store in the 1990s, awarding her $5 million for defamation and sexual abuse. Trump denied the allegations and did not attend the initial trial.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed a jury's verdict on Monday, ruling that Donald Trump sexually assaulted columnist E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room during the 1990s.

The court's opinion supports the USD 5 million awarded to Carroll by a Manhattan jury for both defamation and sexual abuse in the civil suit. Carroll's testimony from a 2023 trial detailed how a friendly interaction with Trump in 1996 escalated into a violent assault.

Trump was absent during the trial, maintaining his denial of the incident. However, he provided brief testimony in a subsequent trial this year, resulting in an USD 83.3 million award related to Trump's comments made in 2019 following Carroll's public allegations in her memoir.