JUST IN: Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Penalty Verdict E. Jean Carroll Against Trump

A federal appeals court in New York has decided against the appeal put forth by President-elect Donald Trump following a $5 Million decision against him won by former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued the decision.

Reuters reports:

The May 2023 verdict stemmed from an incident around 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan, where Carroll said Trump raped her, and an October 2022 Truth Social post where Trump denied Carroll’s claim as a hoax.

Though jurors in federal court in Manhattan did not find that Trump committed rape, they awarded the former Elle magazine advice columnist $2.02 million for sexual assault and $2.98 million for defamation.

A different jury ordered Trump in January to pay Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her and damaging her reputation in June 2019, when he first denied her rape claim.

In both denials, Trump said he did not know Carroll, she was “not my type,” and that she fabricated the rape claim to promote her memoir. He is appealing the $83.3 million verdict.

Unlike many other court cases brought against Trump that have ended since he was re-elected to the presidency, Carroll’s cases continue, with the $83.3 million defamation appeal still looming.