US Supreme Court rejects Trump's second bid to review Carroll verdict

The US Supreme Court has rejected for a second time Donald Trump's request to review the verdict in which he was ordered to pay $5 million in damages over sexual assault and defamation claims brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The court, in an unsigned order issued without explanation, left intact the jury's finding that Trump was legally liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s and for defaming her afterward. The court had declined Trump's first request to review the case in June. The latest order closes off his second attempt to overturn the 2023 jury verdict. Separately, the Supreme Court is considering Trump's appeal of a separate $83.3 million defamation award stemming from comments he made about Carroll during his first term as president in 2019. His lawyers have argued in that appeal that presidential immunity should shield him from liability. The $5 million verdict was tied to a 2022 social media post in which Trump called Carroll's allegations "a scam" and "a complete con job." No further details were immediately available.