Former President Donald Trump and author E. Jean Carroll have been in a authorized battle since November 2019, when Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit towards Trump following his public denials of her sexual assault allegations.

Trump then appealed the 2023 civil jury verdict that discovered him accountable for sexually abusing Carroll many years in the past in a division retailer and defaming her in 2022 by calling her allegations a “con job.” In a separate case, a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in January for Trump’s defamatory statements made in 2019, a verdict he additionally appealed.

The authorized battle continued as Trump’s lawyer, John Sauer, urged an appeals court docket to overturn the determination requiring Trump to pay $5 million to Carroll. Trump, 78, maintained he by no means assaulted Carroll, 80.

On Sept. 6, Trump appeared in a New York City courtroom for the proceedings, his first look after lacking the trial and later blaming his legal professionals for the loss.

Learn extra about the ongoing Trump-Carroll authorized battle, together with an in depth timeline, right here.

Timeline

Nineteen Nineties

• Around 1996: Carroll, a former recommendation columnist for Elle journal, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman division retailer in New York City.

2019

• June 21, 2019: Carroll publicly accuses Trump of sexual assault in her ebook What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, printed in New York Magazine. Trump denies the allegations, stating he had by no means met Carroll and that she was “not his type.”
• November 4, 2019: Carroll recordsdata a defamation lawsuit towards Trump in New York state court docket, claiming his statements denying her allegations broken her popularity.

2020

• September 8, 2020: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) intervenes in the defamation case, arguing that Trump was appearing in his official capability as President when he made the statements about Carroll. (The transfer, if profitable, would have shifted the case to federal court docket and doubtlessly resulted in its dismissal.)

2021

• October 27, 2021: The New York State Court of Appeals guidelines that Carroll’s lawsuit can proceed, rejecting the DOJ’s argument. However, the DOJ continues to defend its place in federal court docket.

2022

• February 15, 2022: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments on whether or not the DOJ’s intervention is legitimate, specializing in whether or not Trump’s statements had been made in the scope of his official duties.
• May 19, 2022: Carroll’s legal professional states that Carroll intends to file a separate lawsuit towards Trump underneath New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which supplies a one-year window for survivors of sexual assault to sue even when the statute of limitations has expired.
• November 24, 2022: Carroll recordsdata a brand new lawsuit towards Trump underneath the Adult Survivors Act, accusing him of committing battery by “forcibly raping and groping her” and of defaming her when he denied raping her the earlier month. Kaplan mentioned at a court docket listening to that her shopper “intends to hold Donald Trump accountable not only for defaming her but also for sexually assaulting her, which he did years ago in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman.”

2023

• April 25, 2023: A federal choose guidelines that the defamation swimsuit can proceed, and units a trial date for April 2024 for the battery and defamation case filed in 2022.
• May 9, 2023: A jury in Manhattan finds Trump accountable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages. Trump instantly publicizes plans to enchantment the determination.
• July 19, 2023: Trump countersues Carroll for defamation, arguing that her statements throughout interviews after the verdict precipitated him further reputational hurt.
• August 7, 2023: Carroll seeks an extra $10 million in damages from Trump, citing additional defamatory feedback he made on social media.

2024

• April 2024: The scheduled trial for Carroll’s second defamation lawsuit towards Trump, barring any delays or settlements.
• September 6, 2024:A federal choose in New York dismisses Trump’s countersuit towards Carroll, stating that his claims didn’t meet the authorized requirements for defamation and, subsequently, couldn’t proceed.