Trump to Ask Supreme Court to Toss Carroll Sex-Abuse Verdict

Author E. Jean Carroll, center, leaves federal court in New York in 2023. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg

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By Zoe Tillman

September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM UTC

Updated on

September 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM UTC

President Donald Trump says he will ask the US Supreme Court to reverse a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation judgment against him in New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit.

Trump’s attorneys asked the justices to extend the deadline for him to formally ask the high court to hear the case, according to a new filing. The petition would be due Sept. 11, but his legal team wants until Nov. 10.