• The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump's appeal regarding a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll.
• A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her.
• This ruling upholds a previous court's decision without offering any explanation.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal regarding a $5 million civil verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll, determining that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The unanimous jury found sufficient evidence supporting Carroll's claim of abuse during a mid-1990s encounter, a decision upheld by a lower court last year, effectively ending Trump’s challenge to the verdict, according to CBS News and Reuters.

In the civil trial, which took place in 2023, Carroll was awarded $5 million after the jury concluded that Trump had sexually abused her and subsequently defamed her by labeling her claims a "hoax" on social media. Trump's legal team asserted that the trial process was flawed, citing the admission of testimony from other accusers and the infamous "Access Hollywood" recording as distractions. The court rejected these arguments, affirming the verdict, as reported by BBC and India Times.

The Supreme Court's refusal to review the case maintains the findings of the jury, which deliberated for less than three hours before reaching a verdict. Carroll had urged the court to decline Trump's appeal, stating that no substantial argument was made that warranted overturning the jury's decision. This ruling places Carroll in a position to finally receive the awarded damages that had been in a court-managed account since the verdict, according to CBS News and Reuters.