Supreme Court turns away Trump’s latest bid to block E. Jean Carroll award

The Supreme Court turned away for a second time President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict that awarded $5 million to writer E. Jean Carroll and found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined for a second time to take up President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a jury verdict that awarded $5 million to writer E. Jean Carroll and found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

In an unusual move, the president had asked the court to reconsider its decision from June that rejected Trump’s initial appeal. The court almost never grants such requests.

Trump has already turned over the $5 million, plus interest.

The case arose from a federal lawsuit Carroll filed in New York City alleging that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a department store in 1996. The defamation claims relate to statements he made about her after his first term in office, in which he described her claims as a “con job” and “hoax.”

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has said he does not know Carroll.