Appeals court won't rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict

[riversedge]

Source: abc news


Carroll was awarded $83 million in damages for her defamation claims.

By Aaron Katersky April 29, 2026, 11:41 AM


Court upholds $83M judgment against Trump for defaming E. Jean CarrollPresident Donald Trump last year was ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, for defaming her in 2019 when he denied sexually abusing her in the 1990s.

A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's request to rehear his challenges to the writer E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation claims.

A jury awarded Carroll $83 million in damages in 2024 after she successfully argued that Trump defamed her with comments he made disputing her claim he sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

The jury found that, as a result of the comments, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years.


Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/appeals-court-rehear-trumps-challenge-jean-carroll-verdict/story?id=132497829&cid=social_twitter_abcn

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[jls4561]

1. Pay the woman, piggy!

[Attilatheblond]

14. His wealth has increased immensely since he was put back in office. He has the money, make him pay now!

How many people lose homes, jobs, and families when they have to pay legal judgments. Why should this obscene and obscenely wealthy man get to just say no? How long will he be allowed to abuse the justice system to avoid paying what he owes?

Pay up or go to jail until you pay up, LOSER.

[Maraya1969]

18. I wish some investigative journalists will investigate the horrible things he has done to enrich himself, including how

he continues to break the law over and over with no care or remorse AND the fact that no one brings it up (I hope the Dems will be able to do that after the next elections)

And yea, he should be forced to pay E Jean Carrol or he should go to jail.

[The Roux Comes First]

2. Hurray!!

As to prying any money out of that one-way turnstile, keep us posted.

[Princess Turandot]

8. In order to appeal the case in federal court, Trump had to put up collateral in the amount of the judgement.

In this case, he obtained a bond from an insurance company to do so.

In the other case, where she was awarded $5,000,000, he gave the court the cash, which is parked in a court bank account.

[The Roux Comes First]

9. Hence, No Actual Release of Funds, Which Was My Point

[-misanthroptimist]

3. Let's see if the Supreme Corrupts will rescue him.

[dave99]

30. No Can Do

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Which as all you know means

He’s a rapist!

[William Seger]

19. He's desperate to rehabilitate his image before he dies

It won't work.

[liberalla]

27. Not a chance!

He can't possibly think there's any way to 'rehabilitate' his image in ANY manner!

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

Judge Denny Chin wrote that it was the fourth time the 2nd Circuit had denied a request for all judges to hear an appeal in the case.

He noted that Carroll first publicly asserted in 2019 in a memoir that Trump had sexually abused her in the 1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman store’s dressing room.

Trump then claimed he had never met her, called it a false accusation and said “she’s not my type” in an interview. Carroll sued him for defamation in November 2019.

Trump did not attend a May 2023 trial when a jury found that he had sexually abused Carroll and later defamed her. But he briefly testified at a second trial in January 2024 when a jury awarded Carroll $83 million for defamation.

Chin defended the appeals court’s decision to uphold the large defamation award.

“The record showed that Trump made multiple statements over many years accusing Carroll of lying for political and financial gain, and suggesting that Carroll was too unattractive for Trump to have sexually assaulted her,” he wrote.

“As a result of Trump’s statements, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years. And Trump showed no remorse, continuing his attacks against Carroll during and after two federal trials, and even proclaiming two days into the Carroll I trial that he would continue to defame her ‘a thousand times,’” Chin said.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-abuse-defamation-supreme-court-67d4f6a25ef4914410abbf45f8c48548

[City Lights]

6. You're a rapist, Rapist.

You were not exonerated.

Pay up, Rapist.

[Whip-poor-will]

7. Time to man up

and pay up rapist.

And you know he did it because she's married to an AA as much as anything.

[Ray Bruns]

10. Good. Trump has to pay interest on the judgment. Keep delaying stinky.

[riversedge]

11. E. Jean Carroll tweet: she says good article FREE at..........

I have decided to post this in Gen. also.



E. Jean Carroll
@ejeancarroll
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The Second Circuit of the United States Appeals Court refuses Trump's request to rehear the case he lost last year.

This photo was taken of Robbie Kaplan & me by Adam Gray of Reuters.

This VERY informative article was written by @AyshaBagchi

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/29/trump-loses-appeal-e-jean-carroll-case/89857729007/

[BeneteauBum]

12. Pay up asshole!

Peace ☮️

[Ponietz]

13. What about 3347 and 3447? Will Federal prosecutors try to indict me?

—$33 million dollar verdict for an adjudicated rape
—34 felony count guilty verdict

[sop]

15. 'Next stop Supreme Court? Trump loses $83 million appeal in Carroll case'

(USA Today) "President Donald Trump lost another appeal in his ongoing battle against paying New York writer E. Jean Carroll an $83.3 million defamation judgment after denying he sexually assaulted her."

"A federal appeals court based in New York refused Trump's request to have all of its judges hear his appeal, after a panel of three of its judges heard the case and upheld the $83.3 million judgment in September. That tees up a potential appeal from Trump to the U.S. Supreme Court."

"The move means Trump may now also take his appeal of the $83.3 million judgment to the Supreme Court."

"The White House directed USA TODAY to the president's personal counsel. A spokesperson for Trump's legal team said in a statement that the president will be appealing the decision."

Article at link:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/29/trump-loses-appeal-e-jean-carroll-case/89857729007/

Trump will drag this out to the bitter end.

[bluestarone]

31. IF it does go to THIS supreme court, we can

Count on them DELAYING it until November. How many fucking appeals can he get on this? Jesus Christ, it feels like this has been a decade old.

[Jacson6]

16. Of course they will not hear the appeal.

It was a decision by the jury and the appeals court will not evaluate the decision by the jury. Only by legal rulings of the court will an appeals court decide a court appeal.

[11 Bravo]

17. So when will the slimy mother-fucker have to write that check?

[Turbineguy]

20. If he pays it

it's because he stole it.

[LilElf70]

21. Why do we have to consistently

tell this %^$#&! that he is a STILL a rapist. It's been proven. It's over. GUILTY AGAIN!!!!!!

[Miles Archer]

22. He'll never pay a single penny of it

Even if the DOJ awards him the $10 billion of OUR TAX DOLLARS he's demanding. He won't pay up. Ever.

[calimary]

23. Well, maybe she should get one (or more) of his properties.

Give her Mar-a-Lago!

She could sell it for some well-deserved big bucks.

[Miles Archer]

26. I'd dearly love to see her get SOMETHING that would make him lose his mind

I honestly don't know what her options are at this point...back to court to fight the fact that he'll refuse to pay?

He has a half-billion dollar "war chest" at his disposal. It's presumably for helping Republicans get elected, although I'm sure he'll pocket most of it.

So unless Ms. Carroll's attorneys can tap into "crowd funding" for a legal offense (and at this point, that's not an impossibility). I don't know how they'll counter "I'M NOT PAYING" and then WIN.

[orleans]

24. pay the hell up, donnie -- you mentally decayed fuckface! nt

[jfz9580m]

25. Go E Jeanne

She is cool .
Pony up Trump - put away your “creep rights are human rights banner and pay E Jeanne for defamation on top of assault”.

[liberalla]

28. Good for her!

Inch by inch...