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U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to take his legal battle with writer E. Jean Carroll to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to throw out a jury’s finding that he sexually abused her and then defamed her in public statements. The dispute stems from a May 2023 New York civil trial in which a jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million in damages to Carroll. Jurors concluded that he assaulted her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by calling her account a fabrication.
Trump has consistently denied the allegations, framing the case as politically motivated. His lawyers now argue that the trial and appellate courts committed errors in handling the claims, and they intend to press the Supreme Court to intervene. A filing deadline has been set for November 10, by which Trump’s team must submit a formal petition for review. This represents his final avenue of appeal after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear the case in July.
The move is legally significant because Trump is asking the Court not just to consider procedural issues but to revisit the jury’s core finding of sexual abuse. According to filings, his lawyers contend the trial judge misapplied New York state law regarding battery and improperly allowed certain evidence. If the Court agrees to hear the case, it could reopen questions that Carroll’s team has argued were already firmly settled by the jury’s verdict and multiple appeals.
Carroll’s lawyers, for their part, have dismissed the likelihood of Supreme Court intervention, noting that Trump’s arguments have repeatedly failed in lower courts. They emphasized that the verdict was based on extensive testimony and evidence, and that the law is clear. Still, the possibility of the case reaching the Supreme Court with three Trump-appointed justices has attracted attention, raising questions about how the justices may view his petition.
The case remains one of the most high-profile legal battles Trump faces as he campaigns for the presidency again in 2025. For Carroll and her supporters, the verdict was a long-sought recognition of accountability. For Trump, the fight has become another front in his ongoing effort to challenge the legitimacy of legal rulings against him.
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