Trump loses bid for appeals court to reconsider $5m loss to E Jean Carroll

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Source: BBC

A federal appeals court on Friday declined to rehear President Donald Trump's challenge to a $5m (£3.6m) sexual abuse and defamation suit he lost to writer E Jean Carroll two years ago.

In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Ms Carroll damages over her civil claim that Mr Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and then branded the incident a hoax on social media. He denied the allegations.

Mr Trump, 78, had asked for a hearing before the full US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, after a three-judge panel rejected his appeal.

The appellate court did not offer an explanation, though two of the 13 judges, both appointed by Mr Trump, dissented.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20x59gvn5xo

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1. This made me smile

👇👇👇
A federal appeals court ruled Donald Trump remains liable for sexual abuse & defamation against E. Jean Carroll and the motion to dismiss the case has been denied.
Trump is ordered to pay million in the 1st of two defamation cases filed against him by E. Jean Carrol.

#EJeanCarroll #Trump

— SilverAdie Art (@silveradie-art.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T20:56:52.845Z

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Excellent!

[twodogsbarking]

3. Where I grew up they called it rape, unless it was a relative.

I shouldn't have written that but I did.