Overview

• The panel affirmed the full judgment to E. Jean Carroll, concluding the jury’s sum was reasonable given what it called extraordinary and shocking facts.
• The award includes $65 million in punitive damages, far exceeding the roughly $10 million Carroll sought for non-economic harm.
• Judges agreed the jury could find that Trump would not stop defaming Carroll without a significant financial penalty.
• The case stems from Carroll’s 2019 account of a 1996 department-store assault and follows a May 2023 civil verdict holding Trump liable for sexual assault and ordering $5 million.
• Trump has denounced the outcome as ridiculous and previously pledged to appeal, after using public statements and Truth Social posts to attack Carroll during the litigation.