A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld the verdict against President-elect Trump in the civil suit for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Why it matters: The ruling means Trump must pay Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages for his alleged defamatory statements after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s.

President-elect Donald Trump has lost a bid to overturn a $5 million dollar verdict against him for sexual abuse and defamation. A federal appeals court upheld the damages awarded to E. Jean Carroll,

A federal appeals court ruled against President-elect Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million award to columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Jean Carroll, who was found to have been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump, will likely pursue a $83-million judgment against the president-elect "with renewed vigor" after an appeal court victory, a trial attorney has told Newsweek.

The court roundly rejected claims by Trump that the judge who presided over the trial erred in a series of decisions.

A federal appeals court has upheld writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million civil judgment against President-elect Donald Trump. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports on the details of the ruling.

The president-elect had asked a court to overturn the defamation judgment against him in the case, which centered on E. Jean Carroll’s account of a sexual attack in a dressing room.