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The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman in New York

Trump fails to overturn $5m damages award to E Jean Carroll for defamation

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E Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of attacking her in a New York apartment store. A jury agreed with her and decided his denials amounted to defamation. Composite: EPA, Getty Images

Donald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career.

A US appeals court in New York City on Friday denied Trump’s request to reconsider its decision in December to uphold the jury’s award of $5m to Carroll. The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting.

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