Trump requests Supreme Court overturn E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation verdict

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a $5 million civil judgment that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a $5 million civil judgment that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.

A jury in 2023 awarded the judgment after it found Trump liable of sexual abuse, following Carroll's allegations that Trump assaulted her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in 1996 and later defamed her during his first term by referring to her allegations as a “hoax” and a “con job.”

“There were no eyewitnesses, no video evidence, and no police report or investigation,” Trump's lawyers wrote in their filing to the Supreme Court.

“Instead, Carroll waited more than 20 years to falsely accuse Donald Trump, who she politically opposes, until after he became the 45th president, when she could maximize political injury to him and profit for herself,” the filing added.

It is unclear whether the high court will take up the civil case.