Which civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct against Donald Trump resulted in settlements or judgments?

1. The landmark Carroll verdict: jury finding and damages

E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump in related federal and state civil actions that culminated in a jury finding in May 2023 that he sexually abused and defamed her; a $5 million damages award was entered and later upheld on appeal, and Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the verdict ^{[1] [2]}. Reporting and court summaries note that a second related suit and additional proceedings produced a combined award reported as $88.3 million across cases in some summaries, and that appeals and further procedural steps continued after the jury verdict ^[1].

2. Other civil suits: settlements, dismissals and partial resolutions

Public summaries and legal overviews note several other civil filings tied to allegations that were resolved in different ways. For example, a 2016 sexual-assault claim tied to an event allegedly involving Jeffrey Epstein was filed and later dropped on November 4, 2016 ^{[3] [4]}. Wikipedia-style summaries catalog past suits — including a 1997 Jill Harth claim for sexual harassment — and note that Trump has both settled some disputes and had others dismissed, though those summaries do not always provide precise settlement amounts in every instance ^{[4] [3]}.

3. Documented settlements beyond Carroll: corporate settlements and reporting

Some corporate defamation suits involving Trump were later reported as settled—these are not direct sexual-misconduct claims, but they illustrate a legal pattern of settlements in his broader docket. For instance, reporting indicates Disney/ABC settled a defamation suit with a donation and payment arrangement, and other media-related settlements were announced in late 2024 and 2025 summaries ^[4]. These examples show courts and parties sometimes opt for settlement over prolonged litigation; available sources do not attribute large, confirmed monetary settlements specifically to most of the individual sexual-misconduct civil suits beyond Carroll ^[4].

4. Reporting limitations and gaps in the public record

Comprehensive lists of every civil sexual-misconduct suit and their precise outcomes are not provided in the available materials: several news and encyclopedic entries document many suits and allegations but do not enumerate final settlements for each claim ^{[3] [5]}. Where suits were dropped, dismissed, settled, or produced jury verdicts, the sources cite specific examples (Carroll; the 2016 Epstein-linked filing) but acknowledge litigation remains fragmented and ongoing in some cases ^{[1] [3]}.

5. Competing perspectives and legal defenses

Trump and his lawyers have consistently denied allegations and pursued appeals or other legal remedies in key cases. For example, Trump sought Supreme Court review of the Carroll verdict, arguing procedural and evidentiary flaws such as lack of eyewitnesses or contemporaneous reports, and characterizing the litigation as politically motivated — positions summarized in reporting on his appeal filings ^[2]. Conversely, Carroll’s legal team presented corroborating testimony and argued for a pattern of misconduct; courts and appellate panels have in multiple instances rejected Trump’s arguments and upheld verdicts or rulings in her favor ^{[1] [6]}.

6. What readers should take away

Documented civil outcomes include at least one sustained jury verdict finding sexual abuse and defamation (E. Jean Carroll) and multiple other civil filings with mixed results—some dropped, some settled, many still contested or incompletely reported ^{[1] [3] [4]}. The available sources emphasize that litigation has been piecemeal: some cases produce definitive judgments and damages, others are dismissed or settled without public detail, and appeals can extend finality for years ^{[1] [3]}. If you need a case-by-case accounting (including settlement amounts and court orders), available sources do not provide a complete database here; compiling that would require court-record searches beyond the reporting summarized in these materials ^{[3] [4]}.