The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Trump’s appeal failed to demonstrate the district court erred in its ruling and his appeal does not entitle him to a new trial.

Trump’s lawyers argued in their appeal the district court accepted “inflammatory” evidence that should not have been admitted, including the 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape in which Trump bragged “when you’re a star,” “you can do anything,” including grabbing women “by the pussy.”

Trump’s lawyers also contested the court allowing testimony from two other women—businesswoman Jessica Leeds, who testified Trump groped her on an airplane in the 1970s, and writer Natasha Stoynoff, who alleged Trump forcibly kissed her at his Mar-a-Lago residence in 2005.

The appeal was rejected by a panel of three judges, all of whom were appointed by either former President Barack Obama or President Joe Biden.

A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and later defaming E. Jean Carroll in a May 2023 decision, ordering Trump to pay $5 million in damages—roughly $2 million for sexual abuse and another $3 million for defamation.

Trump is also contesting a separate $83.3 million jury verdict that found him liable for defaming Carroll, focused on a different set of statements by Trump.