Trump loses appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse, defamation verdict

A federal appeals court in New York upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump was ordered in that case to Carroll $5 million in damages. Carroll in 2019 had accused Trump of raping her in the New York department store Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s. He denied her allegations. Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024.  David Dee Delgado | Reuters

A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, and which ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.

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