# US president Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 1.39-billion-rand jury verdict for defamation in favour of magazine columnist E Jean Carroll. The case relates to statements Trump made while president in 2019, denying Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. In a petition to the Supreme Court, his lawyers argue the defamation verdict should be overturned because, as president, he is immune from litigation.
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn E Jean Carroll’s defamation verdict on grounds of presidential immunity