Trump loses appeal of $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sex abuse trial

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56% : Trump is also appealing that verdict.
48% : The appeals court also ruled that the "Access Hollywood" tape -- in which Trump famously bragged, "When you're a star they let you do it.
35% : She and Trump bumped into each other by the Fifth Ave. luxury department store's revolving doors, she testified, and he invited her to help him pick out lingerie for an unnamed girlfriend.
30% : When they reached the changing rooms on an unoccupied floor, Trump closed the door, pushed her against a wall, and started kissing her without consent.
28% : Jurors determined Carroll's lawyers did not prove by a majority of the evidence that Trump raped her, though they found he forcibly penetrated her with his fingers.
26% : "In comments to reporters at a September press conference, Trump claimed Carroll "fabricated" the sexual assault because she was "looking to promote a book," and said, "I should be suing her for defamation."
22% : In January, a second jury that only considered damages determined Trump owed Carroll an additional $83.3 million for the comments he made as president, which accused her of lying about the assault to sell a book.
22% : Carroll testified Trump became increasingly violent and molested her with his hand before pulling down her tights and raping her.
21% : A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn't get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct to take the stand, and let the jury hear the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape.
21% : On Monday, the appeals court found Judge Kaplan was correct to allow testimony from Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoyoff, two of 26 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault.
20% : A nine-person jury in May 2023 didn't find Trump liable for rape, but it found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
18% : A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.
17% : Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the dressing room in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room and defaming her on Truth Social after his presidency.
16% : The defamation part of the $5 million verdict based on an Oct. 12, 2022, Truth Social post in which Trump said he didn't know Carroll and that her allegations were "a hoax and a lie.

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