E. Jean Carroll Case

Extracted Attributes

• Location

  New York, USA

• Case Name

  E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

• Defendant

  Donald J. Trump

• Plaintiff

  E. Jean Carroll

• Allegations

  Sexual assault (late 1995 or early 1996) and defamation

• Current Status

  Under appeal

• Total Damages Awarded

  US$88.3 million

• Legal Basis (Carroll I)

  Defamation

• Legal Basis (Carroll II)

  Defamation, Battery (under Adult Survivors Act)

Timeline

• E. Jean Carroll alleges Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1995-MM-DD

• E. Jean Carroll publishes an article in New York magazine titled 'Hideous Men,' publicly accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault. (Source: Web Search)

  2019-06-21

• Carroll files her first defamation lawsuit (Carroll I) against Donald Trump, alleging he damaged her reputation by denying her accusation. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-11-DD

• Carroll files her second lawsuit (Carroll II) against Trump, renewing her defamation claim and adding a claim of battery under the Adult Survivors Act. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-11-DD

• The Carroll II lawsuit goes to trial. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-04-DD

• A jury finds Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, ordering him to pay US$5 million in damages. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2023-05-09

• Judge Kaplan states that the jury verdict found Trump had raped Carroll according to the common definition of the word. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-07-DD

• Judge Kaplan dismisses a countersuit by Trump and writes that Carroll's accusation of rape is 'substantially true'. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-08-DD

• Judge Kaplan issues a partial summary judgment in Carroll I, finding Trump liable for defamation via his 2019 statements. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-09-DD

• A jury awards E. Jean Carroll an additional US$83.3 million in damages in the defamation trial (Carroll I). (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2024-01-26

• Donald Trump secures a bond sufficient to support the US$83.3 million jury award, and an appeal is underway. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-03-08

• Donald Trump loses his initial appeal to overturn the US$5 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2024-12-30

• Donald Trump's request for an en banc hearing regarding the appeal is rejected. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-DD

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related lawsuits by American author E. Jean Carroll against U.S. President Donald Trump. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3 million in damages awarded to Carroll; both cases are under appeal. Both cases were related to Carroll's accusation from mid-2019 (during Trump's first term) that he sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996. Trump denied the allegations, prompting Carroll to sue him for defamation in November 2019 (a.k.a. Carroll I). In November 2022, Carroll filed her second suit against Trump (a.k.a. Carroll II), renewing her claim of defamation and adding a claim of battery under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law allowing sexual-assault victims to file civil suits beyond expired statutes of limitations. This suit went to trial in April 2023. Evidence included testimony from two friends Carroll spoke to after the alleged incident, a photograph of Carroll with Trump in 1987, testimony from two women who had separately accused Trump of sexual assault, footage from the Trump Access Hollywood tape and his October 2022 deposition. A jury verdict in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, and ordered him to pay US$5 million in damages. Trump made an unsuccessful counterclaim and in December 2024, lost his initial appeal. His request for an en banc hearing was rejected in June 2025. Carroll's accusation against Trump was more severe than the accusations made by other women. Regarding the jury verdict, the judge asked the jury to find if the preponderance of the evidence suggested that Trump raped Carroll under New York's narrow legal definition of rape at that time, denoting forcible penetration with the penis, as alleged by the plaintiff; the jury did not find Trump liable for rape and instead found him liable for a lesser degree of sexual abuse. In July 2023, Judge Kaplan said that the verdict found that Trump had raped Carroll according to the common definition of the word, i.e. not necessarily implying penile penetration. In August 2023, Kaplan dismissed a countersuit and wrote that Carroll's accusation of rape is "substantially true". In September 2023, Kaplan issued a partial summary judgment regarding Carroll I, finding Trump liable for defamation via his 2019 statements. The jury verdict from the January 2024 trial was $83.3 million in additional damages. To appeal, Trump secured a bond for this amount plus 10 percent. In December 2024, Trump settled a defamation case with ABC News after anchor George Stephanopoulos incorrectly stated that the jury found Trump liable for rape in the case. ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to Trump's presidential library and $1 million for his legal fees, as well as issue a public apology.

Web Search Results

• E. Jean Carroll

  Image 15: FILE - E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court after a jury awarded her $83.3 million in a case against former President Donald Trump, Jan. 26, 2024, in New York. An attorney for the longtime advice columnist suggested Monday, March 11, 2024, that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File) [...] Image 16: FILE - E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court after a jury awarded her $83.3 million in a case against former President Donald Trump, Jan. 26, 2024, in New York. Former President Donald Trump has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to Carroll during a January defamation trial stemming from rape claims she made against Trump, his lawyer said Friday, March 8, 2024, as she notified the federal judge who oversaw the trial that an appeal was underway. (AP [...] Image 27: E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court, Friday, Jan 26, 2024, in New York. A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) ### Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case, jury says

• Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

  CORRECTS DATE TO MAY 9, 2023 - E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print) Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit [...] NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. [...] CORRECTS DATE TO MAY 9, 2023 - E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 14 of 14

• E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump - Wikipedia

  As the case is the second to be called _E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump_, it is distinguished by the name _Carroll II_.( ### Pre-trial (January–April 2023) [edit")] [...] See also: §Return to original defamation lawsuit (May 2023–present)) In November 2019, Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court. The suit states that Trump had damaged her reputation, substantially harmed her professionally, and caused emotional pain.( [...] On June 21, 2019, E. Jean Carroll published an article in _New York_ magazine "New York (magazine)") titled _Hideous Men,_( stating that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996 in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City. She is the only person whose rape allegation against Trump has been upheld as credible in court, though two other women have also accused him of rape: his first wife, Ivana Trump, who once alleged he raped her during their marriage

• e. jean carroll

  Trump ordered to pay additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case By Jake Offenhartz, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. Continue reading Jan 26 Image 19: D-Day 81st Anniversary Ceremony At Normandy American Cemetery

• E. Jean Carroll news - Today's latest updates

  Image 1: 1230-en-trumptrial.jpg #### Trump loses appeal in E. Jean Carroll case President-elect Donald Trump has lost a bid to overturn a $5 million dollar verdict against him for sexual abuse and defamation. A federal appeals court upheld the damages awarded to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room about 30 years ago. Dec 30, 2024 00:37Image 2: #### Trump loses appeal of sexual abuse verdict An appeals court on Monday rejected President-elect [...] cbsn-fusion-trump-found-liable-for-833-million-in-damages-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial-thumbnail-2632709-640x360.jpg #### Trump found liable for $83.3 million in E. Jean Carroll trial The jury in former President Donald Trump's federal defamation damages trial reached a verdict in the case Friday, ruling that Trump must pay $83.3 million in damages for defamatory comments he made about writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual abuse claims. CBS News' Errol Barnett reports. Joseph Tully, a criminal [...] details on what happened. Jan 26, 2024 02:34Image 25: cbsn-fusion-closing-arguments-in-trump-defamation-damages-trial-thumbnail-2631861-640x360.jpg #### Closing arguments in Trump defamation trial E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against Donald Trump will likely head to the jury Friday afternoon. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett has more on the trial and the former president's brief testimony on Thursday. Jan 26, 2024 04:01Show More