Nov. 11 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has asked the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to review the $5 million civil penalty he was ordered to pay writer E. Jean Carroll for sexually abusing her in the mid-1990s and then defaming her when she made the allegations public.

President Donald Trump appeals to Supreme Court to overturn the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation verdict, claiming improper evidentiary rulings.

The president said the assertions behind a judgment that he sexually abused and defamed the writer were “implausible” and “unsubstantiated.”

In May 2023, he had been found liable for sexually abusing Ms E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The high court it set Wednesday to hear arguments on whether Trump exceeded his authority to enact sweeping duties on U.S. trading partners.