Trump loses appeal of $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse, defamation verdict
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.
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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
(21,956 posts)waste more time with frivolous lawsuits, felon. The only thing you do consistently is lose in court over this matter.
Maeve
(43,308 posts)calimary
(87,940 posts)iluvtennis
(21,368 posts)for the primary sexual misconduct case.
GiqueCee
(2,858 posts)... 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
(104,872 posts)If the judgement is ever upheld by the Supreme Court, the system might actually make him pay it himself.
BumRushDaShow
(160,960 posts)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 -
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
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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.
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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
(21,368 posts)BumRushDaShow
(160,960 posts)
Princess Turandot
(4,886 posts)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
(160,960 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143226145
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143226370
But as I understand, the interest still accrues!
Dave Id
(175 posts)If Trump pays the judgement it couldm hurt his rape-putation,
11 Bravo
(24,207 posts)But his inability to admit to even the most obvious guilt should cost him a fortune in interest.
GiqueCee
(2,858 posts)... 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
(14,562 posts)Let alone judgments? Kings with private armies are not subject to the law.
GiqueCee
(2,858 posts)WestMichRad
(2,668 posts)Then she can be paid from his estate.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,805 posts)Vinca
(52,752 posts)lastlib
(26,761 posts)No point in levying on other assets.
Although I personally, and many others, wouldn't mind seeing her clean his clock financially.
AllaN01Bear
(27,502 posts)

moniss
(8,125 posts)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
(75,602 posts)Bev54
(12,921 posts)asshole appeal the verdict? Didnt he already lose an appeal a few weeks ago?
bluestarone
(20,389 posts)When is this over, and does he pay interest?
Bev54
(12,921 posts)onenote
(45,695 posts)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
(10,465 posts)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
(75,602 posts)BoRaGard
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Martin68
(26,528 posts)DrFunkenstein
(8,838 posts)Seriously, Matt Gaetz must be so confused over why he doesn't have a job.
oldtime dfl_er
(7,108 posts)Pay her, you POS!!
JohnnyRingo
(20,182 posts)He'll call them losers and claim there was no reason to lose the case.
Besides, the judge was an Obama lover.
pazzyanne
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TBA
(885 posts)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
(67,118 posts)Oeditpus Rex
(42,792 posts)(If he does croak on Tuesday, I may be in a bit o' trouble.)
Beacool
(30,455 posts)Pay up, Donald!!!