Are any sexual assault cases against Donald Trump still active or pending appeal as of December 2025?
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Executive summary
As of December 11, 2025, the most prominent sexual-assault civil case against Donald Trump — E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits that produced a $5 million sexual-abuse award and an $83.3 million defamation award — remains subject to active appellate litigation, including a Supreme Court petition filed by Trump; lower federal appeals courts have repeatedly affirmed verdicts in Carroll’s favor (see [1], [2], [3]). Other long‑running allegations and filings (including a refiled Jane Doe child‑sex lawsuit reported in courthouse coverage) appear in reporting but are not shown in the provided sources as resolved or conclusively pending in December 2025 [4], [5].
1. The Carroll verdicts: settled facts and ongoing appeals
A Manhattan federal jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and later for defaming her, producing a $5 million judgment tied to the sexual‑abuse finding and an $83.3 million defamation award; those rulings have been affirmed multiple times on appeal and remain the subject of further appeals including a November 2025 Supreme Court petition by Trump [1], [3], [2]. The Second Circuit overturned none of the key evidentiary rulings in December 2024 and again issued related opinions in mid‑2025, and Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review those appellate decisions [3], [2].
2. What “active” or “pending” means here — civil appeals, not new criminal trials
The reporting in these results frames the Carroll matters as civil judgments under appeal: appeals and en banc rehearing requests were rejected or decided at the Second Circuit in 2024–2025 and the case was then elevated to the Supreme Court stage by the appellant [1], [3], [2]. Those are active appellate procedures in federal courts, not fresh criminal prosecutions; the sources characterize them as civil liability and defamation rulings being pursued through the appellate process [1], [3].
3. Timeline of appellate activity cited in reporting
A Second Circuit panel affirmed the $5 million judgment on December 30, 2024, and issued a related opinion in June 2025; the court also denied an en banc rehearing in mid‑2025, after which Trump continued to press appeals including a Supreme Court petition filed in November 2025, per multiple outlets [3], [2], [6]. Separate reporting notes the Second Circuit later affirmed the larger $83.3 million defamation award as well and that Trump continued appellate efforts into 2025 [7], [8].
4. Other sexual‑assault allegations and litigation referenced in coverage
News and legal‑reporting compilations show many historical accusations against Trump and occasional refiled civil complaints — for example, a Jane Doe complaint alleging rape at Epstein‑linked parties was refiled in Manhattan federal court and reported in late 2025 — but the provided sources do not supply a comprehensive list of current case statuses or final outcomes for those matters [4], [5]. Available sources do not mention full resolution dates or appellate statuses for most other civil claims in this set of search results.
5. Disagreements in sources and the media argument lines
Court records and legal news outlets emphasize that appellate judges found no reversible error in admitting propensity evidence (such as testimony from other women and the Access Hollywood tape), while Trump’s filings and campaign statements characterize Carroll’s claims as politically motivated and insist trial rulings were erroneous — a dispute the appeals courts have thus far rejected [3], [9]. Media reports note both the jury findings and the president’s denials and appeals, presenting competing narratives: courts and Carroll’s lawyers treat the judgments as legally affirmed; Trump’s legal team frames the process as ongoing error that merits Supreme Court review [3], [2].
6. What these sources do not say (important limitations)
The set of provided sources does not show any new criminal sexual‑assault indictments against Trump arising from the Carroll matters, nor does it provide a definitive, exhaustive docket list for every alleged victim’s civil claims as of December 11, 2025. For many of the other historical accusations, the sources do not state whether suits remain active, dormant, dismissed or appealed; in particular, comprehensive status updates on each allegation are not found in the current reporting (available sources do not mention full statuses for other allegations) [5], [4].
7. Bottom line for readers
The clearest, documentable answer from the provided reporting is that the E. Jean Carroll civil judgments remain the focal, active legal sex‑abuse matter tied to Donald Trump’s name in late 2025: appellate proceedings have affirmed verdicts at the Second Circuit and Trump has appealed to the Supreme Court, making the civil case actively pending at the appellate level [3], [2]. Reporting also documents other filed or refiled civil complaints, but the materials supplied here do not offer a complete accounting of their current procedural posture [4], [5].