SCOTUS Rules on Trump’s Bid To Overturn E. Jean Carroll Verdict

The case traces back to Carroll’s allegation that Trump sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s.

A jury found Trump liable for sexual battery—not rape under New York civil definitions—and defamation related to his public denials of her claims.

Carroll was awarded $5 million total.

A separate defamation trial produced an $83.3 million award, which remains under appeal and subject to further challenges, including arguments over presidential immunity and the Westfall Act.

#BREAKING: Supreme Court won’t hear Trump’s bid to overturn Carroll sexual abuse verdicthttps://t.co/aY40wC4WV2

— The Hill (@thehill) June 29, 2026

Trump’s legal team had urged the Supreme Court to take the case, arguing that prejudicial evidence had tainted the trial.