Trump loses appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse, defamation verdict

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Thu, Jul 10 2025 3:00 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago


A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, and which ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.

A three-judge appeals panel in its unanimous ruling said it concluded that Trump “had not demonstrated that the district court” judge who presided over his trial “erred in any of the challenged rulings.” “Further, he has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial,” wrote the panel the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Trump was appealing a May 2023 verdict by a jury in Manhattan federal court.

That jury found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a New York City department store in the 1990s, and for defaming her in late 2022 when he denied her allegation. Trump was not president at the time he made the statements that led to the defamation verdict in that case.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/10/trump-carroll-sexual-abuse-appeal.html

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Published Thu, Jul 10 2025 3:00 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago


A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday upheld a civil jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, and which ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.

A three-judge appeals panel in its unanimous ruling said it concluded that Trump "had not demonstrated that the district court" judge who presided over his trial "erred in any of the challenged rulings."

"Further, he has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial," wrote the panel the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.


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[Marthe48]

1. loser man again

waste more time with frivolous lawsuits, felon. The only thing you do consistently is lose in court over this matter.

[Maeve]

2. If only that would be the end of it

[calimary]

3. Yeah, no kidding!

[iluvtennis]

4. This was the smaller judgement. He still owes her 83 million

for the primary sexual misconduct case.

[GiqueCee]

6. If the stupid shit...

... just paid the judgement, it would probably cost less than the lawyers who are risking eternal damnation just for representing him in all these suits. But, that's his M.O. – sue to delay, delay, delay, because he cannot bear to be seen to lose.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. It's probably fairly easy for him to get other people/PACs to pay for the lawyers

If the judgement is ever upheld by the Supreme Court, the system might actually make him pay it himself.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. In order for him to have appealed

the $5 million (and the later $83 million) had to be paid or put in escrow (which could be as a bond) pending results of the appeal.

That was done last year -

Judge approves Trump's $91.6 million bond in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

If Trump's appeal is unsuccessful, the bond ensures that Carroll will be paid.

By Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous
March 12, 2024, 6:21 PM

(snip)

The former president had obtained an appeals bond from the Virginia-based Federal Insurance Company totaling $91,630,000 to cover the $83 million judgment in the case plus interest, according to a court filing on Friday. The conditions of the bond did not specify what assets Trump used to secure the bond.

Trump on Friday also filed a notice of appeal of the judgment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Either paying the judgment or posting a bond for the judgment's full amount was required for him to move ahead with the appeal. Trump attorney Alina Habba told ABC News on Friday they're confident their appeal will result in the judgment being overturned.

By posting a bond, Trump guaranteed that Carroll could collect the judgment if the former president exhausts his appeal, former federal prosecutor Josh Naftalis had told ABC News.

The appeal process could take more than a year, Naftalis said. Trump is still appealing the $5 million judgment a jury awarded to Carroll last May after determining the former president had sexually abused her.

(snip)

I think he had the "cash" for the $5 million but needed the bond for the other judgement and this OP is about that earlier $5 million.

[iluvtennis]

15. Thanks for the clarifying info @BumRushDaShow - much appreciated. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Most welcome!

I was posting the updates to her trial and judgements and the nightmare of Alina Habba's nonsense, over the past couple years!!!

[Princess Turandot]

26. Yes. He gave the court a check for $5 million in this case..

And then there's the NYS civil fraud case, presided over by Judge Engoron, who entered a judgment against him for $354 million in damages. (The bond came from Chubb, as did the $83 million one.)

[BumRushDaShow]

27. Yeah, his org's civil tax fraud, is where he was able to successfully argue for a lower amount for the bond

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143215464
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143226145
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143226370

But as I understand, the interest still accrues!

[Dave Id]

33. Pay the the judgement?

If Trump pays the judgement it couldm hurt his rape-putation,

[11 Bravo]

34. He'll stiff the lawyers, so that's a moot point.

But his inability to admit to even the most obvious guilt should cost him a fortune in interest.

[GiqueCee]

35. I suspect that any law firm...

... representing him gets paid up front. His rep precedes him, and anyone with the brains of a potted plant trusts him about as far as they can throw a garbage truck.

[quakerboy]

36. You think hes paying his lawyers?

Let alone judgments? Kings with private armies are not subject to the law.

[GiqueCee]

9. He'd rather die than pay her. nt

[WestMichRad]

11. I'm okay with that. She probably would be, too.

Then she can be paid from his estate.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

5. I want to know why his presidential salary can't be garnished.

[Vinca]

8. She should put a lien on Mar-a-Grifto.

[lastlib]

16. The bond The Felon posted is the guarantee.

No point in levying on other assets.

Although I personally, and many others, wouldn't mind seeing her clean his clock financially.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. ding. this.

[moniss]

12. Many people, including Crumb the 1st, have the idea

that when a trial court hears evidence and decides against them that they can go and argue the evidence all over again at the appellate level and on up. So they keep arguing the evidence/testimony over and over publicly saying "They got it wrong and I'll appeal." As noted here the appellate courts will hear arguments about procedural errors and objections made at trial etc. but they do not provide a place for you to re-argue the evidence.

Just like when a Bozo's that get a "not guilty" verdict in a trial and then go and claim that the verdict proves they didn't do it. The verdict doesn't prove anything of the kind. The verdict finds the other side didn't prove their case to the point of swaying the judge/jury to take away the presumption of innocence. In other words despite having a presumption of innocence a person may as a matter of fact committed the crime. Plenty of people walking around who get found "not guilty" but in fact did commit the crime. The verdict doesn't take away the reality of the true fact.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Trump has free legal representation so he can do this forever.

[Bev54]

14. How many times can this

asshole appeal the verdict? Didn’t he already lose an appeal a few weeks ago?

[bluestarone]

18. Exactly!! That's my first thought too.

When is this over, and does he pay interest?

[Bev54]

19. Yes to the interest paying, it gets added on but when you have zero intent on paying I guess it doesn't matter

[onenote]

22. the decision a few weeks ago was on his request to have his appeal reheard by the 2nd Circuit en banc

On December 30, 2024, a three judge panel of the second circuit denied Trump's appeal of the District Court decision. Thereupon, Trump filed a timely petition to have his appeal re-heard "en banc" by the full second circuit. That petition was denied on June 13, 2025. During the pendency of the rehearing en banc petition the effective date of the "mandate" of the second circuit's three-judge panel decision was stayed.

The decision today is not a new decision -- rather it is the issuance of the mandate. The opinion being quoted in some news stories about today's action actually is the same opinion that the three judge panel issued on December 30, 2024.

Presumably, Trump will file a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court along with a petition seeking a stay of the mandate. By rule, the mandate will be automatically stayed until SCOTUS acts on the petition.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

23. He will take everything to the Extreme Court

who have already basically given him unlimited power and continue to reaffirm their support for an unrestrained POTUS. This I suspect will change drasticslly if we ever get a Democrat in the White House.

[Irish_Dem]

29. SC will probably say a sitting president cannot be distracted with such mundane matters as rape.

[BoRaGard]

20. "My condolences, old bean." - Jeffrey Epstein (R-eXclusive luXury eXile)

[Martin68]

21. Felonious Rapist.

[DrFunkenstein]

24. A Sexual Abuser in the White House, A Sexual Abuser on the Supreme Court

Seriously, Matt Gaetz must be so confused over why he doesn't have a job.

[oldtime dfl_er]

25. Pay her

Pay her, you POS!!

[JohnnyRingo]

30. "I only pay winning lawyers". I can just hear it.

He'll call them losers and claim there was no reason to lose the case.
Besides, the judge was an Obama lover.

[pazzyanne]

31. Poor wittow trump...

[TBA]

32. I just finished E. Jean Carroll's book

She said interest is compounding at 9% compounded daily.

In the book she said the total judgment was up to 100 Million.

That is the sum of both judgments from the original trial and the defamation trial

[CTyankee]

37. I hope this haunts him til he dies.

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Until next Tuesday?

(If he does croak on Tuesday, I may be in a bit o' trouble.)

[Beacool]

39. Well, at least that's a bit of good news.

Pay up, Donald!!!