
It is the latest, high-stakes battle in a legal war that has already cost a former US President $5 million and resulted in a stunning judicial defeat. Donald Trump is now attempting to persuade the US Supreme Court to completely dismantle the unanimous jury verdict awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll.
In a fiery new petition filed on Monday, Trump's legal team launched a direct assault on the core of Carroll's claims, labelling the allegations of sexual assault and subsequent injury as 'implausible'.