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In reply to the discussion: Did the jury dismiss the verdict in the E Jean Caroll rape case? [View all]Eugene
(66,647 posts)E. Jean Carroll sued Trump for defamation. The jury unanimously found Trump liable and awarded a 5 million dollar judgement.
Trump countersued Carroll after she called him a rapist. That suit was dismissed by a judge.
The judgment for Carroll has been upheld at every appellate stage so far. Now Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn it.
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Trump requests Supreme Court overturn E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation verdict (NBC News)
An appeals court last year upheld a lower court's judgment that Trump sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s, and later defamed her after she went public with her allegations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-appeals-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll-judgement-sexual-abuse-rcna243124