Are there ongoing civil suits alleging sexual misconduct against Donald Trump and what damages were awarded?

1. The core case: what juries found and the $5 million verdict

A Manhattan federal jury in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and for defaming her with comments in 2022, awarding a $5 million verdict that the Second Circuit later affirmed as to the $5 million award ^{[4] [5] [2]}. The district-level damages breakdown reported in court materials and legal summaries allocated approximately $2 million in compensatory damages for sexual battery, about $2.7 million in compensatory damages for defamation, and roughly $280,000 in punitive damages for defamation, figures the defendant challenged as excessive ^{[6] [4]}.

2. The follow-on defamation trial and the $83.3 million award

A separate January 2024 New York jury awarded Carroll an additional $83.3 million after finding that statements Trump made while president about Carroll were defamatory and malicious, with reporting noting the bulk of that award—about $65 million—was punitive, plus compensatory and other ordered relief, bringing the two juries’ totals to roughly $88.3 million ^{[2] [7] [1]}. Media outlets and legal summaries characterized the larger award as driven largely by the jurors’ view of repeated and malicious public statements, and courts have since been handling appeals and post-trial motions ^{[7] [1]}.

3. Appeals, government intervention arguments, and competing legal strategies

Both Carroll cases are on appeal and have produced procedural skirmishes: Trump’s lawyers have argued various evidentiary points and sought reductions in damages, while at one juncture the Justice Department invoked rules tied to official-capacity speech—arguing that some statements were made as president and thus subject to different defenses—which complicated questions about who could ultimately be held liable and who would pay ^{[1] [8]}. The Second Circuit expressly upheld the $5 million verdict in written opinion, concluding the district court’s evidentiary rulings were within permissible bounds and that any claimed errors were harmless, but other challenges to the larger $83.3 million award and to remedies have continued ^{[4] [2]}.

4. Broader landscape: other allegations versus litigated, adjudicated claims

Reporting catalogues roughly two dozen women who have accused Trump over decades of various forms of sexual misconduct, and some disputes have been resolved privately or by settlement while others remain publicly untested in jury trials; however, among the materials provided, Carroll’s civil trials are the principal instances where juries rendered liability findings and sizable monetary awards ^[3]. Where sources discuss other legal actions, such as defamation settlements or claims, they either record separate civil litigation with different outcomes or note that many allegations have not produced comparable civil verdicts in court records available here ^{[3] [9]}.

5. What this means now: enforceability, appeals, and public effect

The twin jury verdicts created immediate financial judgments and public consequences—large punitive awards, affirmed rulings, and continued appeals—but the practical end state remains contingent on ongoing appellate review, post-trial motions, and any collection or enforcement proceedings; reporting emphasizes that appeals could alter amounts or remedies even as the factual findings stand at the jury-verdict level in Carroll’s favor ^{[1] [4] [2]}. Trump has consistently denied the allegations and sought remittitur or new trials while pursuing legal strategies to contest damages and the legal basis for some claims, underscoring that the litigation posture is active rather than closed ^{[6] [4]}.