Appeals Court Upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 Million Defamation Judgment Against President Trump

That award followed a separate trial, in which Trump was found liable for sexually abusing Carroll and ordered to pay $5 million.

Trump Plans To Ask Supreme Court To Toss E. Jean Carroll’s $5 Million Abuse and Defamation Verdict

Trump’s lawyers previewed the move as they asked the high court to extend its deadline for challenging the $5 million verdict from Sept. 10 to Nov. 11.

Banishing a Reporter: Trump Escalates Battle With Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Story

It’s the first time Trump has sued for defamation as a sitting president, and it’s not clear whether any president has done that in the past.

Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Ruling in E. Jean Carroll’s Sex Abuse Case Against Trump

Carroll 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.

Smokey Robinson Sues Former Housekeepers for Defamation Over Rape Allegations

Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, filed the counterclaim against the women and their lawyers, whose allegations, they say, were “fabricated in an extortionate scheme.”

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Central Park Five’s Defamation Case Against Trump

The five men formerly known as the Central Park Five were exonerated after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1989 rape and beating of a woman who was jogging.

CNN Found Guilty in Florida Trial of Libeling Navy Veteran in 2021 Story

A Florida jury found CNN guilty of libeling a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover.

CNN Defamation Trial Comes at a Rough Time for Legacy Media

Defamation trials are actually rare in the United States, in part because strong constitutional protections for the press make proving libel difficult.