(NewsNation) — A federal appeals court upheld a $83.3 million jury award against President Donald Trump for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after Trump publicly denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s.

In 2023, Trump was found liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s. A federal judge determined that his repeated denial of the claims during his first presidency was false and defamatory, leading to a judgment in 2024, which awarded Carroll the eight-figure sum.

In the appeal, Trump's legal team argued that the damages awarded are excessive and that the president is entitled to presidential immunity.

“We hold that the district court did not err in any of the challenged rulings and that the jury’s duly rendered damages awards were reasonable in light of the extraordinary and

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