Overview

• A federal appeals court in New York affirmed the January 2024 jury verdict awarding Carroll $83.3 million for defamation.
• The court ruled that Trump’s statements about Carroll were not official acts, rejecting his bid for presidential immunity.
• Judges described the damages as fair and appropriate after years of public disparagement targeting the author.
• Carroll first went public in 2019 with an allegation that Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid‑1990s at Bergdorf Goodman, which he denied while calling her a liar.
• A separate jury in 2023 ordered Trump to pay $5 million in a related case, a judgment that has already been upheld.