President Trump plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn a $5 million verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and defaming her. His lawyers sought an extension to Nov. 11 to file the challenge and said they intend to seek review of trial rulings and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions that upheld the verdict. Carroll testified that Trump attacked her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in spring 1996. A jury found Trump liable for defamation over his October 2022 comments denying the allegation, and an appellate panel rejected claims of trial error.
Trump's lawyers previewed the move as they asked the high court to extend its deadline for challenging the $5 million verdict from Sept. 10 to Nov. 11. The president intends to seek review of significant issues arising from the trial and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' subsequent decisions upholding the verdict, his lawyers said. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said Wednesday:
Carroll testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower. The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he made comments in October 2022 denying her allegation. A three-judge appellate panel upheld the verdict last December, rejecting Trump's claims that trial Judge Lewis A. Kaplan's decisions spoiled the trial.
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