Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5 million defamation verdict
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist.
The decision was issued by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan.
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May 2023 verdict stemmed from an incident around 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan, where Carroll said Trump raped her, and an October 2022 Truth Social post where Trump denied Carroll's claim as a hoax.
There's no doubt trump's court, if given the chance, will rule in his favor on appeal.