E. Jean Carroll's $83M judgment against Trump again upheld
by Chris Benson · UPISept. 8 (UPI) -- A federal court on Monday again rejected an appeal by U.S. President Donald Trump in the $83 million defamation verdict against writer E. Jean Carroll.
Carroll's attorney told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that "the president is not above the law" as Trump's legal team argued that Carroll's verdict should be tossed because it "severely damages the presidency," adding that it was "a great miscarriage of justice."
On Monday, the three-judge panel's unanimous unsigned ruling concluded that Trump had "failed to identify any grounds that would warrant reconsidering our prior holding on presidential immunity."
Carrol won her $83.3 million defamation judgement against Trump in 2023, as well as a civil verdict, that he sexually abused her in a New York City department store after a jury found Trump liable for battery and defamation.
Trump, meanwhile, has long denied Carroll's allegations.
Monday's ruling was the third and most recent appeal rejection of several this year for Trump in January and as recently as June.
"We also conclude that the district court did not err in any of the challenged rulings and that the jury's damages awards are fair and reasonable," the appeals court ruling added.