A court has ruled against Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, ordering him to pay $83.3 million. The ruling stems from Carroll’s allegations of sexual assault and the subsequent attacks she endured on social media from Trump. Trump’s appeal against the defamation verdict was rejected by the appeals court. A Manhattan civil jury previously awarded $88.3 million in damages. The lawsuit focuses on Trump’s repeated attacks on Carroll following her claim that he sexually assaulted her in 1996 at a Manhattan department store. Carroll detailed the alleged encounter, which began with flirtation and escalated to a violent confrontation in a dressing room.
