The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump's bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. The court's decision leaves intact a jury's finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed the former magazine columnist.
The legal battle stems from Carroll's claims that Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, allegations she has made since 2019. A unanimous federal jury previously determined that a preponderance of evidence supported these claims.
In a brief, unexplained order, the justices turned away the appeal and rejected arguments that the trial was unfair. This decision affirms a ruling from a 2023 trial that found Trump liable for the abuse and defamation.
Trump has repeatedly appealed multi-million-dollar verdicts in his sexual abuse and defamation cases with Carroll. He is also appealing an $83.3 million ruling from a second defamation trial, which has not yet reached the Supreme Court.