E. Jean Carroll’s $5.6 million from President Donald Trump paid in sexual-abuse case
- Posted on July 14, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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The Supreme Court upheld a landmark legal decision requiring former President Donald Trump to pay $5.6 million to E. Jean Carroll following a jury's determination of sexual abuse and defamation. The ruling solidifies previous findings that Trump engaged in inappropriate conduct toward Carroll in 1996 and subsequently made false and damaging public statements about her allegations, dismissing them as fabrications.
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E. Jean Carroll’s $5.6 million from President Donald Trump paid in sexual-abuse case
The Supreme Court left intact a jury’s finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022 when he called her claims a “hoax” and a “complete con job” and said that Carroll “is not my type!”
