New Delhi, June 29 -- The US Supreme Court has refused to hear President Donald Trump's appeal seeking to overturn a jury verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and later defamed her, leaving intact a $5 million judgment against him.

The court issued a brief order on Monday (June 29) declining to take up the case without explaining its decision, a common practice in cases it chooses not to review.

Here's what the ruling means.

The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal challenging the 2023 civil verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll.

The decision means a lower court's judgment remains in effect, including the jury's findings that:

-Trump sexually abused Carroll in the mid-1990s.

-Trump defamed Carroll by d...