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Carroll v. Trump, No. 23-793, opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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  1. alleged

    Jessica Leeds publicly alleged that Donald Trump groped her and tried to reach under her skirt while they sat beside each other on a flight to New York in 1978 or 1979.

    Opinion pp. 27–28, Leeds testimony dating the flight to 1978 or 1979

    Jessica Leeds gave a named account of alleged contact on a flight to New York · Account published in 2016; testimony admitted in the 2023 Carroll trial and upheld on appeal.

  2. alleged
    Superseded · open corrected record

    Jessica Leeds publicly alleged that Donald Trump groped her and tried to reach under her skirt while they sat beside each other on a flight to New York in 1978 or 1979. This claim records Leeds's allegation, not an adjudicated finding.

    Opinion pp. 27–28, Leeds testimony dating the flight to 1978 or 1979

    Jessica Leeds publicly alleged Trump assaulted her on an airplane · superseded evidence record

  3. documented

    Carroll filed her second action against Trump on November 24, 2022, under the Adult Survivors Act and over his separate October 2022 statement.

    Opinion page 10, section B

    Carroll files a separate sexual-abuse and defamation lawsuit · E. Jean Carroll sued him a second time

  4. documented

    Jessica Leeds testified about her allegation in the 2023 Carroll civil trial, and the Second Circuit held on December 30, 2024 that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting her testimony as other-acts evidence. That evidentiary ruling was not a separate verdict on Leeds's allegation.

    Opinion pp. 10–11 and 27–36

    Leeds testified in the Carroll trial; the Second Circuit upheld admission of her testimony · Second Circuit upheld admission of Leeds's testimony on December 30, 2024

  5. documented

    Natasha Stoynoff testified about her allegation in the 2023 Carroll civil trial, and the Second Circuit held on December 30, 2024 that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting her testimony as other-acts evidence. That evidentiary ruling was not a separate verdict on Stoynoff's allegation.

    Opinion pp. 10–11 and 36–45

    Stoynoff testified in the Carroll trial; the Second Circuit upheld admission of her testimony · Second Circuit upheld admission of Stoynoff's testimony on December 30, 2024