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US appeals court denies challenge after 2023 civil jury trial found Trump sexually abused Carroll then defamed her

Donald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career.

A US appeals court in New York City on Friday denied Trump’s request to reconsider its decision in December to uphold the jury’s award of $5m to Carroll. The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting.

Carroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of attacking her around 1996 in a department store dressing room in Manhattan. In 2023, a civil jury trial concluded that Trump did sexually abuse her and then defamed her in 2022 when he denied the allegations as a hoax and said that Carroll was “not my type”.

The jury awarded Carroll, who is now 81, a total of $5m in compensatory and punitive damages. More than two dozen different women have accused Trump over the past decade of sexual assault.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

You ever sort articles by title, and see that a whole colostomy bag full of titles start with "Trump Fails?"

[–] [email protected] 83 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Better incite a pretend insurrection to distract everyone from his failures

[–] [email protected] 41 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Like you've never had to buy an election because you were running from the law?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, we've all been there...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

I hate when I’ve been definitively proven guilty of being a sex predator and can’t slander and sue my way out it, soooo annoying

[–] floofloof 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And by failures you mean rapes and attempted cover-ups?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, this, and all his court losses and convictions as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Plus all the child-trafficking and cocaine money laundering.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

It would probably be shorter to list his successes. Because there really aren’t any.

[–] corsicanguppy 3 points 14 hours ago

It's not his fault: he has been suffering from life-long affluenza. It's a terrible sickness that quickly eats away the parts of the brain regulating ethical behavior. He can't help himself!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

You might say that’s the thing he is best at in life.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Jean was already paid?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It was delayed by appeals.

[–] nova_ad_vitum 18 points 13 hours ago

Also he has literally no reason to pay her and will never face a single consequence for it.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 19 hours ago

Time to launch an other crypto !

[–] [email protected] 23 points 19 hours ago

super shitty, but i see how this will not affect trump at all.

  1. sexually abuse and defame someone
  2. get fined $5m for actions
  3. become president
  4. dont pay fine while in office... officially
  5. supreme court says he is invincible because president
[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Oh, cunty mcCuntface is still officially a Cunt

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

A sane criminal would gladly pay 0.01% of their net worth and move on.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

A Trump never pays their bills...ever

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

Who keeps hearing these cases?! What a fucking joke, apparently money makes you innocent of all crimes until it runs out?!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

In a just world they would be disbarred

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

That's not how you spell executed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

What are they gonna do, take it to court?

[–] Rentlar 5 points 16 hours ago

Trump still has the option to bring it to the Sycophantic Court of the United States.