--- title: "Supreme Court rejects Trump’s second appeal over $5m E. Jean Carroll verdict" publication: "MediaBias News" url: "https://mediabias.news/politics/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict" api: "https://mediabias.news/api/v1/stories/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict" markdown: "https://mediabias.news/politics/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict.md" audio: "https://mediabias.news/api/audio/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict" category: "Politics" area: "United States" published: "2026-08-17T14:06:08.827Z" source_reported: "2026-08-17T13:46:24.000Z" updated: "2026-08-17T14:06:08.827Z" trust_score: 86 critic_score: 85 hype_score: 30 assessment_type: "coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis" fact_check_status: "not-performed" coverage_measured: "2026-08-17T14:00:16.254008+00:00" --- # Supreme Court rejects Trump’s second appeal over $5m E. Jean Carroll verdict *The court declined to reconsider its June refusal to hear the case, leaving the 2023 jury award intact* **Scores for the source reporting** (0-100, assessing the original journalism this article was written from, not this write-up): - Trust 86 of 100, higher is better. Multiple named persons, official order, and specific figures across AP and CBS raise trust to 86. - Craft 85 of 100, higher is better. CBS includes a legal team statement and both reports separate facts, giving a critic score of 85. - Hype 30 of 100, lower is better. Headlines are mildly emphatic but the body remains factual, yielding a hype score of 30. Scored by MediaBias News; method at https://mediabias.news/methodology. **The short version** - The Supreme Court declined to reconsider its June refusal to hear Trump’s appeal of a $5 million jury verdict in favour of E. Jean Carroll. - A 2023 civil jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million in damages, later paid by Trump. - The court has not yet ruled on Trump’s separate appeal concerning an $83 million verdict in a related defamation case. - No right-rated outlet carried the story, according to the reports below. The U.S. Supreme Court declined on 17 August 2026 to hear Donald Trump’s second appeal of a $5 million jury verdict in favour of the writer E. Jean Carroll. The court issued an unsigned order, repeating its June decision not to take up the case. Trump had asked the justices to reconsider that refusal. A civil jury in New York in 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s at a Manhattan department store and for defaming her in 2022. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump paid the judgment, including accrued interest, shortly after the Supreme Court’s first refusal to hear the appeal. Carroll, a former advice columnist and television host, testified that Trump attacked her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman. Trump has denied the allegations and called the case a "hoax". The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Trump’s separate appeal of an $83 million verdict in a related defamation case. ## What the coverage left out None of the reports below mention that no right-rated outlet carried the story. The digests from centre-rated outlets did not include the $83 million verdict or Trump’s presidential immunity argument, which were reported in full by CBS News and the Associated Press. ## Who covered it Shares of the 10 covering outlets with a published leaning rating: - Left: 40% (4) - Centre: 60% (6) - Right: 0% (0) 0 of 10 covering outlets carried no usable leaning rating and were excluded from those percentages. Coverage measured 2026-08-17T14:00:16.254008+00:00. **Coverage watch:** developing. Checked 2 times; 0 checks found a material change. Most recently checked 2026-08-17T14:30:43.677Z. ## How the sides framed it ### Left - The four left-rated reports led on the Supreme Court’s decision as a final rejection of Trump’s attempt to overturn the verdict. The Associated Press, whose full report is printed below, described the court’s action as "again rebuff[ing]" Trump’s push. It noted that Trump had paid the $5 million judgment and quoted Carroll’s testimony about the 1990s encounter. - The Associated Press also reported that the court has not yet acted on Trump’s appeal of the $83 million verdict. It included Carroll’s public identification of herself as a sexual assault survivor and Trump’s denial of wrongdoing. The outlet’s digest counterparts carried the same core facts: the court’s refusal, the $5 million award, and the sexual abuse and defamation findings. ### Centre - The six centre-rated reports led on the court’s decision as a procedural denial, framing it as a second refusal to intervene. CBS News, whose full report is printed below, described the jury’s 2023 verdict in detail, including the unanimous finding and the three-hour deliberation. It reported that Carroll received $5.62 million, including interest, and quoted Trump’s characterisation of the case as a "hoax". - CBS News also noted Trump’s absence from the first trial and his brief testimony in the second, where a jury awarded Carroll $83 million. It reported Trump’s legal team’s argument that an appeals panel neglected to rule on presidential immunity. The outlet’s digest counterparts carried the same facts: the court’s refusal, the $5 million verdict, and the sexual abuse and defamation findings. ### Right No separate framing summary. **Provisional coverage gap:** right. The watch is not closed, so this is not yet a settled blindspot finding. ## Factuality profile of the covering outlets These are published factuality ratings of the outlets, not a verdict on whether this story or its claims are true. - mixed: 1 - high: 5 - veryHigh: 4 ## Verification scope This page compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It is not a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true. ## Original reporting this was written from - [Associated Press News](https://apnews.com/article/trump-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll-defamation-769b731baf27199224c30af55cd0a149) — Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case - [CBS News](https://cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-appeal-of-e-jean-carroll-case) — Supreme Court declines to rehear Trump's appeal in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case - [Washington Top News](https://wtop.com/news/2026/08/supreme-court-again-rebuffs-trump-in-5-million-carroll-defamation-case) — Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million Carroll defamation case - [MS NOW](https://ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-rejects-trump-e-jean-carroll-rehearing-appeal) — Supreme Court denies Trump’s rehearing petition, cementing Carroll’s $5 million win - [Market Screener](https://marketscreener.com/news/us-supreme-court-again-rebuffs-trump-in-5-million-e-jean-carroll-case-ce7859dcdb8bf32d) — US Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case - [USA Today](https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/17/supreme-court-trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll/90981199007) — Supreme Court rejects renewed Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case - [NBC News](https://nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-declines-trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll-award-rcna592887) — Supreme Court turns away Trump’s latest bid to block E. Jean Carroll award - [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/trump-spurned-again-by-supreme-court-on-5-million-carroll-award) — Trump Spurned Again by Supreme Court on $5 Million Carroll Award - [Political Wire](https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/17/justices-again-rebuff-trump-in-e-jean-carroll-case) — Justices Again Rebuff Trump in E. Jean Carroll Case - [Reuters](https://reuters.com/world/us-supreme-court-again-rebuffs-trump-5-million-e-jean-carroll-case-2026-08-17) — US Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case ## Questions **What did the Supreme Court decide on 17 August 2026?** The U.S. Supreme Court declined for the second time to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million jury verdict in favour of E. Jean Carroll. The decision leaves intact a 2023 finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed Carroll in the 1990s. **How much did the jury award E. Jean Carroll?** A civil jury in 2023 awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation. Including accrued interest, Carroll received $5.62 million. A separate jury later awarded her $83 million in a related defamation case. **Did any right-rated outlet report the Supreme Court’s decision?** No right-rated outlet carried the story, according to the reports printed below. The coverage was limited to left-rated and centre-rated outlets. --- MediaBias News — https://mediabias.news. Reproduced from https://mediabias.news/politics/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict. Please cite as: MediaBias News, "Supreme Court rejects Trump’s second appeal over $5m E. Jean Carroll verdict", https://mediabias.news/politics/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-second-appeal-over-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict