The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Donald Trump regarding the civil verdict that found him liable for the sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll.
In 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages following her claims that Trump sexually assaulted her during the 1990s and subsequently characterized the allegations as a hoax on social media.
Trump has consistently denied the allegations, arguing that the presiding judge improperly admitted evidence that unfairly influenced the jury’s perception of him.
Last year, a federal appeals court upheld the original verdict, ruling that a new trial was unnecessary. Trump subsequently sought intervention from the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court refused to rehear the challenge last June.
The Supreme Court’s decision exhausts Trump’s final legal avenue for overturning the unanimous jury verdict, meaning the awarded damages must now be paid to Carroll. Trump has not yet issued a public comment on the ruling.
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