On Monday, June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Donald Trump's request to set aside the judgment condemning him to pay $5 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll. By refusing to consider his appeal, the highest court in the country left intact the decision of a Manhattan Federal Court in May 2023.
According to RFI, the jury had concluded that Donald Trump was civilly responsible for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll in a department store in New York in 1996, as well as for defaming him after she had made her accusations public. The Supreme Court did not provide any explanation for its refusal to hear the case, which is a common practice in this type of decision.
It should be noted that this is a civil conviction, not a criminal conviction. The Supreme Court did not « confirmed » judgement on the merits; She simply refused to appeal, leaving the civil conviction in force.
