The New York Court of Appeals confirmed on Monday, December 30, that Donald Trump, elected for a second term as President of the United States, will have to pay 5 million à the writer Elizabeth Jean Carroll. The ruling follows accusations of sexual assault dating back to the 1990s and defamation after the case became public decades later.
In May 2023, a federal civil court in Manhattan found the former president guilty of sexually assaulting Elizabeth Jean Carroll in a New York department store in 1996. He was also convicted of defaming her when she revealed the facts in 2019, in an autobiographical book.
Elizabeth Jean Carroll, now 81, called the attack rape, but the court ruled against that term, instead charging her with sexual assault. The court ordered Trump to pay $2 million for the assault and $3 million for defamation.
“Donald Trump has failed to provide evidence that the court’s initial decision was wrong”, the appeals judges wrote in their order, upholding the convictions without requiring a new trial.
Meanwhile, another ruling in January 2024 imposed an even heavier penalty on Trump: $83,3 million for additional defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Jean Carroll. That verdict is also under appeal.
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