E. Jean Carroll asks Supreme Court to reject Trump's request to review her $5M defamation case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

January 14, 2026, 6:18 PM


Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject President Donald Trump's petition seeking the court's review of her successful $5 million defamation case against him.

Trump was found liable in 2023 of sexually abusing Carroll, a former Elle magazine writer, in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and then defaming her when he denied it. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million, which Trump still owes.
Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to challenge $5 million E. Jean Carroll judgment

Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing the judge in the case should not have allowed the jury to view an excerpt from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump is heard describing lewd behavior that he downplayed as "locker room talk."

Trump also faulted the trial judge for allowing testimony from two women -- Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff -- who claimed that Trump had sexually assaulted them, which Trump denies.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jean-carrollasks-supreme-court-reject-trumps-request-review/story?id=129216869

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[FakeNoose]

1. It's not about rape, it's a defamation case ... and she WON!

Chump is simply judge-shopping (and delaying the inevitable) and it should not be allowed.

Just pay the fine already.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. In order to appeal

he had to put the money into some kind of escrow account so when all is said and done with the delays, the court should go ahead and release that (along with the $83 million he still owes, done as a bond as he continues appealing).

She just turned 82 last month so he's probably hoping to stall long enough with a fantasy to wait out her demise.

[FakeNoose]

3. Right! She looks healthier than he does

If he kicks the bucket, all the creditors get paid first before the family members get any inheritance moneys.

I'm rooting for the grim reaper ....

[Grins]

11. Probate will take years! How old will EJC be then? NM

[travelingthrulife]

9. Yet it seems to work for him.

Can't wait to see how many of these judges are involved with Epstein/Trump's sex trafficking, blackmail and money laundering emporium.

[jfz9580m]

4. E Jean is awesome

Go her..

[sinkingfeeling]

5. So now he's crying to his BFFs on the SCOTUS about a civil verdict.

[Miles Archer]

7. "WHERE IS MY ROY COHN?"

Trump's first-term whine, when neither Jeff Sessions nor Bill Barr obeyed every one of his commands without question.

He believes the SCOTUS is there "to serve him" (so far, he's right)
He believes the Military and the DOJ is there "to serve him."

He does not acknowledge "branches of government."

He acknowledges John Roberts telling him "And so, good King Donald, go throughout all the land and do as you choose, free from the laws of man."

[Tadpole Raisin]

6. Why would they involve themselves in a civil case?

This should be a hard swift rejection.

But this court is so corrupted they may do anything. God, please let the Dems win overwhelmingly in ‘26 and pass legislation to update judicial requirements, extend them to SCOTUS, and have severe punishment for breaking the rules.

And NO avoiding/stopping judicial investigations by stepping down like the asshole’s sister judge did.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. It was an impartial jury that awarded her that settlement, not Obama.

He likes to play the victim as if some "left wing lunatic" dug up something in a witch hunt, but in most cases he is his own undoing.
So he has to appeal until he finds a friendly court, probably spending half the settlement cost on legal fees. Typically, after he loses he'll claim he was completely exonerated.

[Woodwizard]

10. Her book, not my type is very good.

She has a great sense of humor considering the subject, well worth the read.