Permanent record
Carroll jury found civil liability for sexual abuse and defamation
- Event date
- Category
- Civil judgments and litigation
- Posture:
- Civil liability jury finding
A federal civil jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her and awarded $5 million. Judge Lewis Kaplan later explained that the jury did not find rape under the narrow New York Penal Law definition used on the verdict form, but that it necessarily found Trump raped Carroll in the ordinary modern meaning of the word. This remains a civil liability finding, not a criminal conviction.
- Conduct
- Sexual misconduct
Evidence basis
primary-plus-independent
Disposition
The Second Circuit affirmed on December 30, 2024. The Supreme Court denied certiorari on June 29, 2026 and denied rehearing on August 17, 2026; the $5 million judgment became final.
Dated sources
- — U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Official record)
- — DocumentCloud court exhibit (Court record reproduction)
- — Reuters civil-verdict report (Independent legal reporting)
- — Justia court-opinion archive (Court record reproduction)
- — Supreme Court docket, Trump v. Carroll (Official later-disposition docket)
Correction status
No substantive correction recorded for this version.
Canonical citation
Carroll jury found civil liability for sexual abuse and defamation. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2023-05-09-carroll-liability/
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