The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former President Donald Trump seeking to overturn a $5 million civil judgment related to a defamation and sexual abuse case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump had argued that the judge overseeing the original civil trial improperly allowed certain evidence to be presented to the jury. A federal appeals court had previously upheld the jury's verdict, finding no grounds for a new trial. Trump's request for the Supreme Court to intervene was subsequently denied.
A New York jury had awarded Carroll damages after finding that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and later publicly dismissed her allegations as a hoax. Trump has consistently denied the accusations.
With the Supreme Court's decision, Trump is now obligated to pay the $5 million in damages to Carroll.