E. Jean Carroll v. Trump: civil verdicts finding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation (2023-2026) Case Two federal civil juries in New York ruled for writer E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. In May 2023 a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a department-store dressing room in the 1990s and for defaming her, awarding $5 million, but did not find rape as New York law defines it; the trial judge later wrote that the jury's finding amounted to rape in the common modern sense of the word. In January 2024 a second jury awarded her $83.3 million for further defamation. These are civil judgments, not criminal convictions. The Supreme Court declined to hear the $5 million case on June 29, 2026; the $83.3 million judgment is stayed while Trump seeks Supreme Court review. Trump denies the assault. What kind of case this is E. Jean Carroll brought civil lawsuits against Trump in federal court in New York; the verdicts are findings of civil liability and damages, not criminal convictions. The 2023 verdict ($5 million) Carroll sued in 2022 alleging Trump sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department-store dressing room in 1996 and defamed her in 2022 after she publicly described the assault. On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and for defaming Carroll with actual malice in an October 2022 Truth Social post, but found she had not proven rape as New York law defines it; damages totaled $5 million. On July 19, 2023, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump a new trial, finding the evidence showed Trump digitally penetrated Carroll, and wrote that 'the definition of rape in the New York Penal Law is far narrower than the meaning of 'rape' in common modern parlance.' In his Supreme Court petition, Trump argued the trial court should not have admitted testimony from other women alleging assault and the 2005 'Access Hollywood' tape; Carroll answered that any error would not have changed the outcome. The 2024 verdict ($83.3 million) On Sept. 6, 2023, Judge Kaplan found Trump liable for defaming Carroll through his 2019 statements; on Jan. 26, 2024, a jury awarded her $83.3 million, made up of $7.3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputational damages and $65 million in punitive damages. Appeals and status (as of Oct. 2026) The Second Circuit upheld the $5 million verdict on Dec. 30, 2024 and denied rehearing en banc on June 13, 2025; on June 29, 2026 the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal, without a noted dissent. The Second Circuit rejected Trump's appeal of the $83.3 million judgment on Sept. 8, 2025 and denied rehearing en banc on Apr. 29, 2026; on May 11, 2026 it stayed the judgment on condition that Trump increase his bond by $7.46 million. Around July 29, 2026, Trump's personal lawyers and the Justice Department separately asked the Supreme Court to reject the $83.3 million judgment, arguing his statements about Carroll were official acts covered by presidential immunity and, for DOJ, the Westfall Act; whether the Court will take the case is unresolved. Trump's position Trump has denied Carroll's account, saying in 2019 that she was 'totally lying' and 'not my type,' calling her suit a 'complete con job' in 2022 and the 2024 trial 'rigged.' After the 2023 verdict Trump said he did not know Carroll; he later acknowledged meeting her, citing a 1987 photograph. Research notes Important framing: these are civil verdicts, not criminal convictions. Trump has not been criminally convicted of rape or sexual assault. His separate May 2024 criminal conviction in New York concerns falsified business records tied to hush-money payments, not sexual assault; source and cover it in its own entry, and do not conflate. Open leads: (1) Replace Wikipedia-sourced points with Judge Kaplan's opinions and the Second Circuit rulings from CourtListener, which GREED's research tool indexes. (2) Confirm the date and holding of the reported Aug. 17, 2026 Supreme Court denial of reconsideration in the $5 million case; it appears only as a related-article title and is not included in the entry. (3) Confirm the status of the Supreme Court petitions on the $83.3 million judgment. (4) Add Trump's lawyers' statements on the verdicts. (5) Link to Epstein-related entries only as same-actor context, since the Carroll cases involve no Epstein allegation. Note Trump denies Carroll's account, has called the cases a hoax and a 'complete con job,' and calls the 2024 trial 'rigged'; the $83.3 million judgment remains stayed while he and DOJ ask the Supreme Court to review it on presidential-immunity and Westfall Act grounds. Sources [1] SCOTUSblog — Supreme Court will not consider $5 million verdict against Trump (https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-will-not-consider-5-million-verdict-against-trump/) · 2026-06-29 [2] Al Jazeera — Trump appeals $83.3m E Jean Carroll civil verdict to US Supreme Court (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/29/trump-appeals-83-3m-e-jean-carroll-civil-verdict-to-us-supreme-court) · 2026-07-29 [3] Wikipedia — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump) Connections Same actor — Trump's documented statements degrading and objectifying women Both concern Trump's conduct and statements toward women; the Carroll verdicts include a finding that his 2022 post defaming her was made with actual malice.