Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83.3 million award in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
President Donald Trump is again asking the Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle with writer E. Jean Carroll, this time arguing that he should not have to pay an $83.3 million jury award on the grounds of presidential immunity.
Lawyers for Trump urged the high court to review the case and consider overturning the jury’s ruling in 2024 that found he defamed Carroll after he repeatedly denied that he sexually abused her in a dressing room in 1996.
“This is the first case in our Nation’s history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a