New York, Sep 8 (AP) A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury’s finding that Donald Trump must pay USD 83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault.

In a ruling issued Monday, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s appeal of the defamation award, finding that the “jury’s damages awards are fair and reasonable.” The USD 83.3 million defamation judgment was awarded by a civil jury over Trump’s repeated attacks on Carroll, who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the 1990s.

A separate jury also awarded Carroll in USD 5 million in a 2023 sexual assault and defamation verdict.

Trump’s lawyers had asked for a new trial.(AP) RD RD