SCOTUS Rejects Roy Moore’s Push to Restore $8.2 Million Defamation Verdict

Source: US News & World Report

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. Justices declined to hear Moore’s appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the large verdict. The outcome keeps in place the decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that erased a jury’s decision that Moore had been defamed by the ad. It was a victory for Senate Majority PAC, which funded the ad, and argued it was truthful. … Leigh Corfman said Moore inappropriately touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. Moore denied the accusation. Other women said Moore dated them, or asked them out on dates, when they were older teens.” (10/05/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/supreme-court-rejects-roy-moores-push-to-restore-8-2m-defamation-verdict-awarded-to-him