Supreme Court Ghosts Trump’s $5M Sexual Assault Bill Like Last-Minute RSVP
KEY POINTS
- •The Supreme Court declined to review Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million sexual abuse verdict against E. Jean Carroll.
- •Carroll won the initial case in May 2023 and a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment in 2025, but Trump’s lawyers appealed.
- •Despite petitions and claims of presidential immunity, Supreme Court remained silent, and Carroll placed her awarded money in an interest-bearing account.
In a blockbuster saga that makes 'Law & Order' look like a quick procedural, the Supreme Court once again snubbed President Trump’s desperate plea to chuck a $5 million jury verdict confirming he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll back in the ’90s. This legal soap opera has spanned from Carroll suing Trump in 2019 for defamation, to scoring a $5 million win in May 2023, then a jaw-dropping $83.3 million defamation award in 2025. Trump’s camp, claiming presidential immunity like a kid hiding behind mom at checkout, pitched a tantrum for rehearing this summer but got ghosted by SCOTUS again. Carroll even parked her $5 million like a sensible adult in an interest-bearing account while Trump’s lawyers keep crying 'Democrat-funded hoax.' The justices' silence? Classic Supreme Court—that poker face of American justice.
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(1 of 3)Source: Axios | Published: 8/17/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz