In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court has upheld the jury’s decision holding President-elect Donald Trump liable for allegedly sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll during the 1990s. This ruling, handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, confirms the $5 million in damages awarded to Carroll and delivers a blow to Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the verdict.
The court’s decision rejected Trump’s claims that the trial court made critical errors in its evidentiary rulings. Specifically, Trump’s legal team argued that testimony from other women alleging similar misconduct and the inclusion of the infamous 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape unfairly influenced the jury. The appellate judges, however, concluded that the district court acted within its discretion, stating that such evidence was both legally admissible and relevant to the case.
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Carroll first brought her accusations to public attention in her 2019 memoir, claiming that Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Trump vehemently denied these allegations, dismissing them as “a hoax” and “a lie,” leading Carroll to pursue a defamation claim against him in addition to the initial assault allegations.
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