A federal appeals court upheld a $5 million civil judgment against Donald Trump for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump's petition for a full rehearing, affirming that the jury's finding of sexual abuse was valid. Carroll’s testimony highlighted the violent nature of the alleged incident. Dissenting judges criticized evidentiary rulings that they believed skewed the trial's fairness, expressing skepticism about the reliability of the jury's verdict under those conditions. Ultimately, Trump denied the allegations made by Carroll and two other women.
Simply re-litigating a case is not an appropriate use of the process. All four were appointed by President Joe Biden, Trump's one-time Democratic rival.
The trial consisted of a series of indefensible evidentiary rulings. The result was a jury verdict based on impermissible character evidence and few reliable facts.
Trump denied all three women's allegations, revealing a stance of non-acknowledgment for the claims raised against him.
Carroll testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store's dressing room.
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