Supreme Court Rejects Roy Moore Bid to Restore $8.2 Million Verdict

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 29

An emergency request from Roy Moore was denied Monday, leaving him unable for now to collect an $8.2 million defamation award tied to a 2017 Senate campaign ad.
The order kept in place an April 11th Circuit ruling that unanimously erased a jury verdict finding a Democratic group had defamed Moore in a television spot.
Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency applications from that region, denied the request without explanation, the usual practice for such orders.
Moore’s lawyers said they will still ask the Supreme Court to hear the case on the merits, arguing the ad falsely portrayed him as a predator and that delay could jeopardize any eventual recovery.