Overview
- The Supreme Court declined to review President Donald Trump’s appeal on Monday, June 29, 2026, leaving the 2023 jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll and the $5 million judgment intact.
- Trump previously placed roughly $5.5 million in a court-controlled account after the 2023 verdict and Carroll’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to order those funds disbursed now that the high court refused review.
- Appeals turned on trial judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s evidentiary rulings that allowed testimony from two other women and an excerpt of the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, with the 2nd Circuit having upheld those decisions in 2024.
- A separate New York jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in a later defamation trial and that larger judgment remains under appeal, bringing the total potential liability to more than $100 million when interest is included.
- The Justice Department has an independent criminal inquiry into aspects of Carroll’s testimony that is separate from the civil judgments and could affect future legal steps or enforcement but has not halted the ongoing civil collection efforts.