E. Jean Carroll Reacts to Trump Losing $5 Million Defamation Appeal [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Jul 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM EDT | Updated Jul 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM EDT
E. Jean Carroll took a victory lap on Thursday in response to an appeals court order affirming its ruling to uphold a civil verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. "Thursday, July 10th, 2025," she wrote. "So long, Old Man! The United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, bids thee farewell."
The appeals court handed down its initial ruling in June but issued a mandate affirming that ruling and triggering the window for the Trump administration to ask the Supreme Court to step in and overturn the verdict. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email on Thursday evening.
The Context
A New York City jury in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll, an advice columnist, in 1996 and awarded her $5 million. The president was also found liable for defaming Carroll over her allegations. The jury's verdict was announced just three hours after it began deliberations.
Another civil jury in January 2024 found Trump liable for defaming Carroll in 2019, after she first publicly accused him of raping her in a dressing room at a Bergdorf Goodman department store. After Carroll published a book detailing her allegations, Trump said he had never met the writer and that her book "should be sold in the fiction section." The jury ordered the president to shell out $83.3 million to Carroll in damages in the second case. Trump is appealing that verdict.
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