An explosive appeal from Trump over E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict stalls at the Supreme Court

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Source: CNN

An explosive appeal from Trump over E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict stalls at the Supreme Court

By John Fritze, Kara Scannell
Updated 9 hr ago
Updated Jun 22, 2026, 1:04 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2026, 12:33 PM ET

President Donald Trump has been sued by writer E. Jean Carroll for sexually assaulting her in 1996 and for defamation. The Supreme Court has rescheduled one of the cases 15 times.


President Donald Trump has been sued by writer E. Jean Carroll for sexually assaulting her in 1996 and for defamation. The Supreme Court has rescheduled one of the cases 15 times. Pool/Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As the justices of the Supreme Court prepared to meet behind closed doors on February 27, they had before them an explosive case involving President Donald Trump, who is seeking to overturn a federal jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

But a day before the justices held that private meeting, the Trump case was yanked without explanation.

Since then, the politically sensitive appeal, which Trump initially filed in November, has been set on the court’s agenda and rescheduled 15 times. Only one other has been rescheduled as often in the current term, according to a CNN analysis.

Since Trump filed his appeal seven months ago, the president lost a separate $83 million case involving Carroll, and the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into the magazine columnist.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/supreme-court-e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-appeal

[hookaleft]

1. I have heard and read discussion about this case

Some are speculating that they can't get the four votes need to accept the case. So they suspect there is backroom wrangling to try to get a fourth justice onboard.

[Lovie777]

2. Stall..................

she can't receive the settlement until this is resolved.

[Princess Turandot]

3. Happily, he had to first pony up the amount of the award in order to appeal the cases...

He gave the court a check for the $5 million award, which I think is from this case. He bought an insurance contract for ~$80 million for the second case, from Chubb, iirc.