U.S. President Donald Trump has paid approximately 8.4 billion won in damages to fashion columnist E. Jean Carroll, the victim of a sexual abuse case that occurred 30 years ago, following a court ruling. The New York Times reported that President Trump paid 6 million dollars, or about 8.4 billion won, to Carroll in accordance with the results of a 2023 civil lawsuit. On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear President Trump's appeal to review the ruling in the sexual abuse case he lost. As a result, the lower court's decision, which ordered President Trump to pay Carroll 5 million dollars in damages plus interest, remains in effect. At the time, President Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to fiercely criticize the Supreme Court's decision and stated that he would continue to fight. Previously, Carroll filed a lawsuit for damages, claiming she was sexually assaulted by President Trump in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan, New York, in the mid-1990s, and won the case in May 2023. At the time, the jury determined that while there was no evidence of rape, it was proven that President Trump had sexually abused Carroll. In contrast, Trump has denied the sexual assault allegations, claiming he did not know Carroll and that she was lying. President Trump appealed the first-instance ruling, but the appellate court upheld the decision. He then appealed to the Supreme Court in November of last year, but ultimately lost. Currently, Carroll has also filed a separate defamation lawsuit seeking damages against President Trump. In that case, the first-instance court ordered President Trump to pay 83.3 million dollars, or approximately 128.5 billion won, in January 2024, and the appellate court upheld this ruling in September of last year. Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Lee Da-in | Graphics by Lee Jung-ju | Produced by SBS Digital News
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