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December 31, 2024

Trump Loses Appeal on 2023 Verdict Finding Him Liable for Sexually Abusing E. Jean Carroll
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A federal appeals court has rejected President-elect Trump's attempt to
overturn a 2023 jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing
writer E. Jean Carroll, and then defaming her as Trump repeatedly denied
the accusations. At the time, a jury awarded Carroll $5 million in
compensatory and punitive damages. Carroll accused Trump of raping her
in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan
in the mid-1990s. Trump has continued his attacks on Carroll, recently
reposting a photo of Carroll on his Truth Social platform with the
caption, "Should a woman go to jail for falsely accusing a man of rape?"


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