Federal appeals court upholds jury’s $5 million award and sexual abuse finding against President-elect Donald Trump

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal appeals court upholds jury’s $5 million award and sexual abuse finding against President-elect Donald Trump.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion on Monday upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll. The longtime magazine columnist had testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store’s dressing room. Trump skipped the defamation and sex abuse trial after repeatedly denying the attack ever happened.

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