Before E. Jean Carroll's name became tied irrevocably to Donald Trump's, she was a trailblazer in New York City's elite literary circles.

In a recent post on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the Manhattan judge who presided over his criminal trial and writer E. Jean Carroll. What Happened: On Saturday, Trump took to the social media platform to express his dissatisfaction with Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan,

Donald Trump's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star was delayed on Tuesday until Sept. 18, less than seven weeks before the U.S. election.

E. Jean Carroll, who was found to have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump, will likely pursue a $83-million judgment against the president-elect "with renewed vigor" after an appeal court victory, a trial attorney has told Newsweek.

Carroll, a longtime magazine columnist, testified during the 2023 trial that a chance meeting with Trump in the spring of 1996 took a dark turn. According to Carroll, what began as a lighthearted exchange escalated into a violent assault after the two entered a department store dressing room.

Carroll achieved a partial victory in 2023 when a federal jury awarded her $5 million in damages — a decision Trump has appealed. Learn more about the Trump-Carroll legal battle here.

In a separate case, Trump was also ordered by a jury to pay Carroll more than $80 million in damages for the defamatory statements, though the president-elect’s appeal of that decision is still pending.

A jury last year found that Carroll was sexually abused by Trump at a Manhattan department store in 1996 and that he defamed her in later statements.

President-Elect Donald Trump has lost his bid to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him responsible for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll.

An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury's verdict last year that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s.

A federal appeals court ruled against President-elect Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million award to columnist E. Jean Carroll.

On Monday (Dec. 30), the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $5 million judgment awarded to columnist E. Jean Carroll in her civil case against President-elect Donald Trump. In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her after she went public.