A US federal court has upheld the decision in a civil case filed against US President-elect Donald Trump, accusing him of sexual assault, DPA and Reuters reported, quoted by BTA, citing a court document published yesterday.
Last year, a New York jury found that Trump had assaulted, sexually abused and subsequently defamed American writer Elizabeth Jean Carroll in a prestigious New York department store in 1996. He was ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
Trump subsequently appealed the decision. The construction entrepreneur, who was not yet a politician in the mid-1990s, continues to deny the accusation.
Although the criminal charges have now expired, the 81-year-old Carroll can still file a civil lawsuit.
In 2023, a jury classified the incident as sexual assault, but did not accept the rape charge against Trump.
Now, a federal court in New York has rejected the appeal of Trump, who is due to begin his second term as US president on January 20. According to the latest ruling, the 78-year-old former president could not prove that the district court erred in its judgment.
Furthermore, his rights were not violated to such an extent that a new trial was warranted.
The court also found it justified to include in the civil case testimony from women who accused Trump of sexual assault, as well as the use of an old audio recording in which the newly elected US president makes lewd and derogatory remarks about women.
According to the court, all of this shows a pattern of behavior that confirms the allegations.