Donald Trump is not getting off the hook for the $5 million a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll in 2023 after they found Trump liable for sexual abuse … ’cause a federal court just upheld the judgment.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made their decision Monday … explaining the judge did not abuse his discretion when ruling on the evidence of the case.
The court has also denied Trump’s request for a new trial. According to CNN, the court also ruled that even if the judge had made mistakes, it’s unlikely to have swayed the case enough to warrant a new trial because of the strength of Carroll’s evidence.
Worth noting … a jury also determined Trump must pay Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her — another judgment Trump is appealing.
If you don’t remember … Carroll sued Trump for battery and defamation, claiming Trump raped her back in 1996 in a Manhattan department store dressing room. The jury found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming but stopped short of finding him liable for rape.
The president-elect has repeatedly denied the allegations leveled against him by Carroll … blasting all of it as a “hoax.”
Trump sat for a deposition in October 2022 for the case … clarifying his infamous “Access Hollywood” hot mic moment where he said stars “can do anything, grab them by the p****. You can do anything.”
October 2022
Unsurprisingly, Trump isn’t backing down after this appeal … with his spokesperson Steven Cheung confirming more appeals are coming — and calling Carroll’s suit one of the many “Witch Hunts” facing DJT.
Cheung tells TMZ … “The American People have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate, and they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which will continue to be appealed. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again.”