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The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s request to reconsider its decision not to take up one of E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against him, finalizing the verdict finding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse and ensuring Carroll will get the $5 million in damages Trump had to pay her.

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The Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to rehear the case as part of a broader order list Monday, with no comment on the decision or indication of if any justices would have taken it up.

Justices denied Trump’s initial request to take up the case in June, leaving the $5 million verdict against him in place, but the president had asked the court to reconsider that decision—something it only does in the rarest of cases.

Monday’s order means Trump has no more options to appeal the ruling against him, and ensures the $5 million in damages he’s been ordered to pay Carroll will stand.

Carroll received $5.6 million in the case—consisting of the $5 million award plus interest—through a court-controlled account in July, after the Supreme Court initially ruled against the president, but this will give her the freedom to spend that money and ensure it is no longer tied up amid the proceedings.

The $5 million award was one of two fines Trump has been ordered to pay Carroll in two separate lawsuits; the other, which carries an $83.3 million penalty, is still being appealed.

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