Trump plans to ask Supreme Court to toss E. Jean Carroll's $5 million abuse and defamation verdict

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 3:41 PM EDT, September 3, 2025


NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will soon ask the Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her, his lawyers said in a recent court filing.

Trump’s lawyers previewed the move as they asked the high court to extend its deadline for challenging the $5 million verdict from Sept. 10 to Nov. 11. The president “intends to seek review” of “significant issues” arising from the trial and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ subsequent decisions upholding the verdict, his lawyers said.

Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said Wednesday: “We do not believe that President Trump will be able to present any legal issues in the Carroll cases that merit review by the United States Supreme Court.”

Carroll testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower. The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he made comments in October 2022 denying her allegation.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-abuse-defamation-supreme-court-3f2e5b92ba4f78cf70d9868b49901fce

[riversedge]

1. Lets hope her lawyer is right-but then again, his buddies on the SC will probably conjure up

a reason.

[GreenWave]

9. SCROTUS may just kick the can down the road until after next year's election.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

2. He really does see them as his personal lawyers, doesn't he?

His rubber stamp, get-out-of-jail-free card?

That is so wrong.

What's worse is they seem to be allowing it, maybe even buying into it.

Thanks Justice Roberts. He'll remember this ... until he doesn't.

[MyOwnPeace]

17. And don't forget

Mitch McTurtle’s part in any and all of this.
Could/should be near the top of the list on America’s Hall-of-Shame of public ‘servants’ (crooks/liars!).

[Rhiannon12866]

3. And what about the millions that he also owes the state of New York for his years of business fraud?

Is he going to try to fire or revoke the citizenship of New York AG Letitia James??

[John1956PA]

4. I was disappointed when the fraud penalty was overturned.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/08/21/trumps-450-million-fine-for-civil-fraud-thrown-out-by-appeals-court/

[Orrex]

5. He plans to "ask" or to "instruct?"

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump will have the US Supreme Court exonerate him for any and all crimes and liabilities.

Past, present, future.

Get out of jail free card for life.

[lastlib]

7. I gotta say this for the SCOTUS-6:

When they gets bought, they stays bought. I fear the outcome is pre-determined.

[mdbl]

8. It's absolutely disgusting

They have no shame, nor do they care about their optics. Their justice is no longer blind but now only sees green.

[lastlib]

10. Someone said they follow the golden rule---

Whover has the gold makes the rules.

Shame? They don't need no stinkin' shame.

[electric_blue68]

38. Oh, never heard that phrase! Too true sometimes!

😔

[Irish_Dem]

12. I wonder how much they were paid to sell out their country and democracy?

And to send many Americans to poverty and death.

GD traitors.

[CozyMystery]

27. It is such a shock

to me that the Supremes have turned out to be corruptible and corrupted.

I don't know why I was so naive. I watched Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings. I believed Anita Hill (that has not changed). But I also thought the Supreme Court had a lot more integrity than they do, even when I disagreed with their decisions.

It would take a lot of persuasion to make me think that some of the Court's justices (past and present) were corrupt. RBG, for example, I will always believe was incorruptible. I don't believe the Democrats on the Court are corruptible, at least not without a lot of proof.

To have so many justices, though, who make inconceivable decisions, just floors me.

I paid microscopic attention to the events of the Trump years the first time around. Now, even if I just read headlines, I am not shocked any more, but appalled. I can't believe I would say this, but I am glad my daughter moved to France a couple of weeks ago. It had nothing to do with Trump. Now my worry is that she won't move back her after her year at a university there ... this time because of what has happened to the country because of Trump.

More importantly, I am worried about what is happening to the country with that despicable creature in charge.

[lonely bird]

11. The only acceptable verdict...

Pay it now.

[edhopper]

13. Trump was sued as a private citizen

there are no Constitutional grounds for the Supremes to even look at this case.

Not that that will stop them.

[LeftInTX]

28. Never mind. He was sued in federal court.

[edhopper]

30. Yes

but SCOTUS isn't ab appeals court, there has to be a Constitutional or Rights issue.
How were Trumps Rights violated?

[LeftInTX]

31. "He's king"

[sakabatou]

14. "Please let me get away with assault and abuse." -Dump, probably

[turbinetree]

15. Maybe the jury will have something to say about that................oh yeah they already did.................guilty.....

lock him up..............

[JohnnyRingo]

16. If they do then he owns them.

It's a big ask and would be a big personal favor.
If the 5 wing nuts on the court comply with this it will prove it's about the man and not the office. They will approve anything he wants.

[Old Crank]

18. The GOP love people who abuse women.

That seems to be their core. Looks like even a large group of GOP house women think it is a okay to rape and assault.

[Captain Zero]

45. Kavanaugh and Thomas are fine with abusing women. It's their hobby.

2 votes there.

[Dave Bowman]

19. That predator is such a sore loser.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Deadline: Legal Blog-Trump wants to file a Supreme Court petition in E. Jean Carroll case this fall

Lawyers representing the president want until Nov. 10 to file their petition challenging a lower court ruling in Carroll’s favor.

Trump wants to file a Supreme Court petition in E. Jean Carroll case this fall - MSNBC

apple.news/Ajr3BoZimQdW...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2025-09-03T21:56:06.305Z

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/e-jean-carroll-trump-appeal-supreme-court-rcna228869

The president’s lawyers said they intend to file a petition asking the justices to hear their bid to reverse an appeals court ruling in favor of E. Jean Carroll, the writer whom Trump was found to have sexually abused and defamed. Carroll won two similar civil cases against Trump: one that’s pending in the appeals court in which she won an $83.3 million defamation award, and another in which she won $5 million.

The latter case is the subject of Trump’s forthcoming Supreme Court petition, which will challenge an appeals court ruling against him. In an Aug. 27 filing, his lawyers asked for permission to extend their filing deadline from Sept. 11 to Nov. 10.

Extensions are normal in Supreme Court practice, and in the likely event that this one is granted, that wouldn’t signal that the court will necessarily agree to hear Trump’s appeal. It’s more of an administrative request simply to give his lawyers more time to file the petition. After they do, Carroll’s lawyers can file a brief opposing review, and then the court will decide whether to take it up. It takes four justices to agree to grant review.

“President Trump has consistently and unequivocally denied Carroll’s allegations in both cases,” his filing said. It didn’t fully lay out his forthcoming legal arguments (those will come in the petition), but it said his lawyers intend to raise issues involving how different courts of appeals address evidentiary issues. Parties seeking high court review often tell the justices that review is needed to resolve splits among lower courts around the country.

trump got his butt kicked in the trial court and there are jury findings that will be hard to overcome.

[FakeNoose]

21. There's no earthly reason to "toss" this case

The crime was committed before Chump was elected President.

He had no "presidential immunity" - whatever that is - because he wasn't elected president yet. Even if he had been president, which he wasn't, he wasn't acting in his capacity as president when he raped and later defamed E. Jean Carroll. He's been rule against in a civil trial, and it has been upheld in every appeal since the original ruling.

He owes E. Jean Carroll, and he WILL PAY her! Enough already. Just shut up and pay her.

[electric_blue68]

39. Oh, I love that Xmas Decoration!

😄 Sooo true a wish!

[BoRaGard]

22. "And I want total PEDO immunity, too. Got that?" - Krassnov (r-moral exemplar for little repubes)

[neohippie]

23. Trump thinks rules are for other people only

is there a legal basis for Trump to appeal this civil trial verdict was the verdict issued longer than 90 days ago?


Can you appeal civil cases to the Supreme Court?

In all civil cases, petitions for writs of certiorari in cases to be taken to the Supreme Court from courts of appeals or from state courts must be filed within 90 days after the entry of judgment. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1254, 1257, and 2101(c).

[republianmushroom]

24. What a joke our legal system have become.

[Owens]

25. Never seen a president abuse his power and use the Supreme Court as his personal court

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. If he's a billionaire like he says he is

what's $5 Million? All his delays just cost more in legal fees and interest, not to mention, continuing to call attention to the case. Anyone with a lick of sense wouldn't let his ego get in the way of putting this thing to bed. But it's Trump ....

[LeftInTX]

29. "I am king"

[Snackshack]

32. SCOTUS is corrupt...

... and DJT knows exactly how corrupt. cj roberts will make sure djt gets what he wants.

maga was not able to get 3 justices on the court in 1 presidential term w/o bending or breaking many rules / precedents that cj roberts allowed... don't forget roberts did not even show up to djt 2nd impeachment for treason and we all saw djt give his heartfelt thanks to roberts on national tv for immunity.

[North Coast Lawyer]

33. On what basis?

Unless the SCOTUS has become fully captured by Trump there isn't any issue worthy of Supreme Court review here. There was a verdict in a case that if the defendant wasn't Trump would have been pretty ordinary. The verdict was appealed and upheld. Ordinarily SCOTUS wouldn't touch such a pedestrian case.

[HarryM]

34. Let them whine all they want

The Supremes should just ignore this as it was a State case, brought BEFORE Donny was appointed president.
Damn them to Hades if they do otherwise.

[RobinA]

36. Since When

does the Supreme Court "throw out" jury findings? What country is this?

[NNadir]

37. This is certainly a court quite capable of legalizing rape. After all, it's a not that big a deal to a court that's...

...declared the US Constitution unconstitutional.

[Captain Zero]

46. Thomas and Kavanaugh are uncharged RAPISTS themselves.

Yet they are on the SC.

[NNadir]

47. True.

[electric_blue68]

40. He's Such SCUM! Pay the money you rapist!

The 5 Supremes better not mess with this.

[Evolve Dammit]

41. hard to believe this stll goes on. He learned well from Roy Cohn. Use the system to exhaust every possible option.

[Paladin]

42. $5 million is pocket change, compared to the money trump is making as president.

If trump had a single decent human instinct, he'd let E. Jean Carroll have that $5 million, without further challenges; she damn sure earned it. He'd never miss it, given the open-and-obvious way he's monetizing his second term---with plenty of cash deals available to his dim sons and assorted ass-kissers, as well. But of course, it won't happen.

[bmichaelh]

43. Documentary at Telluride

There was a film at the film festival Telluride called 'Ask E. Jean'.

It was about E. Jean Carroll.

https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/ask-e-jean-review-documentary-sued-trump-1236501909/

It has got some good reviews.

I do not think it has a distributor yet.

Some may stay away from it unless they experience the ire of one of the worst presidents ever.

[twodogsbarking]

44. Supreme Court expected to rule that rape is ok if you are Trump or if the victim is a relative.

Sounds extreme and crazy but look at where we are sports fans.