Donald Trump has exhausted every avenue of appeal after the US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear his challenge to the $5 million (£3.95 million) civil verdict that found he sexually abused and defamed writer E Jean Carroll. The court's decision, which came without explanation as is customary, leaves the 2023 jury verdict fully intact and means Trump will now be required to pay the damages he has owed since that ruling.
Carroll sued Trump under New York's Adult Survivors Act, a temporary statute that lifted the civil statute of limitations for one year, allowing adults to file claims over decades-old sexual assault allegations. She alleged that Trump assaulted her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. A jury found in May 2023 that Trump had sexually abused and defamed Carroll, awarding her $5 million (£3.95 million) in damages.
