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By December 2025, available reporting shows courts had affirmed two separate judgments for E. Jean Carroll — a $5 million award for sexual abuse (upheld on appeal) and a much larger defamation award (...
Court filings have indeed included allegations that Donald J. Trump engaged in sexual misconduct involving minors — notably an anonymous 2016 federal complaint that alleged rape of a 13‑year‑old and o...
E. Jean Carroll’s two civil cases are the only high-profile civil sexual‑assault suits against Donald Trump that produced jury findings and multi‑million‑dollar awards: jurors found Trump liable for s...
Ghislaine Maxwell did file an appeal of her 2021 conviction and 20‑year sentence, and successive federal courts have rejected challenges — most recently a U.S. Supreme Court refusal to overturn her co...
Donald Trump’s 34-count case has ; available reports indicate a conviction and ongoing appellate activity or continued litigation rather than a final resolution. Contemporary pieces show conflicting p...
Available reporting shows President Trump has not yet prevailed in overturning his 34-count New York felony conviction; his legal team has filed appeals and won procedural victories that could lead to...
As of the latest available reporting in these sources, E. Jean Carroll has two separate federal civil judgments against Donald Trump: a $5 million award for sexual abuse and defamation from the May 20...
Available reporting shows a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million in May 2023 and that multiple appeals courts affirmed that judgment through mid‑2025; the sources do not state that Donald Trump or ...
E. Jean Carroll first publicly accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid‑1990s — specifically saying the incident occurred in late 1995 or 1996 — when an excerpt of her memoir appeare...
President Trump’s 34-count New York conviction for falsifying business records was affirmed at trial and he has filed multiple appeals and efforts to move or reopen the case; appeals courts have grant...
Ghislaine Maxwell was federally charged in 2020 with multiple counts arising from her alleged role in recruiting, grooming and facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls; the supers...
Donald Trump has faced numerous public accusations of sexual misconduct and at least one high‑profile civil trial that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation; a federal jury in New York awar...
As of the end of 2024, there is of the monetary judgments owed to E. Jean Carroll; court records and contemporary reporting show judgments were entered and appeals pursued, but payments were either st...
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison (plus five years supervised release and a $750,000 fine) in June 2022; her appeals to the Second Circuit and then t...
A federal jury in May 2023 found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll (not guilty of rape under New York’s statutory definition) and for defaming her, and it awarded Carroll $5 mil...
Noncitizens on U.S. soil are entitled to protections under the Fifth Amendment: courts and advocates say the Due Process Clause applies to “persons,” not citizens only, and that enforcement practices ...
Donald Trump has been found civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case, a jury awarding $5 million in May 2023 and appellate courts upholding that verdict through 2024–...
The most prominent sexual‑misconduct and related defamation rulings involving Donald Trump center on the E. Jean Carroll lawsuits: a May 2023 New York jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defa...
Federal courts repeatedly rejected Donald Trump’s assertion that presidential immunity shields him from E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims, finding first that he waived the defense by raising it late...
Donald Trump has not produced a record of suing “pedophile accusers” that resulted in public settlements or favorable verdicts for him; instead, reporting shows he has been a defendant in high-profile...