The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s appeal to review a $5 million judgement that found him to have sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.

In 2023, a New York jury ordered Mr Trump to pay Ms Carroll $5 million in damages after the court found he sexually abused her in the 1990s and then dismissed the incident as a hoax on social media.

In another case in 2024, a separate jury ordered Mr Trump to pay Ms Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defaming her in 2019 after she accused him of rape.

However, the various courts that presided over the case before it got to the Supreme Court dismissed Ms Caroll’s allegation of raped against Mr Trump.

In its verdict on Monday, the Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal requested by Mr Trump or his push to have the case reviewed. 

Roberta Kaplan, Ms Carroll’s lawyer, said in a statement after the judgement that the Supreme Court’s decision “affirms once and for all the jury’s unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll.”

“His multiple efforts to appeal that verdict have all failed and today’s ruling ends his quest to avoid accountability for his actions,” the lawyer added.

In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said, “Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to “review” a fake case brought against me by a woman I never met (Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!).”

“I will continue the fight against this weaponisation and lawfare case against me, including the ridiculous claim of defamation, with all of my power and strength.” 

According to him, the Supreme Court’s verdict is against the United States of America and all it stands for, and this should never be allowed to happen to another president or candidate.

“New York State created a law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully “nab” me. It was tailormade, and this injustice cannot be allowed to stand!” he said.