An appellate court has thrown out the nearly $500 million civil fraud penalty against former President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

A New York appeals court on Monday ruled that the $83.3 million awarded to E. Jean Carroll for Donald Trump’s defamatory comments about her after she accused him of rape was warranted, given the “extraordinary and egregious” facts of the case.

A New York appellate court threw out the $527 million penalty in the civil fraud case against President Trump and others on Thursday, ruling that the fine was "excessive."

A lower court said in August that the huge fine on President Donald Trump and his company violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on excessive fines.

The judges, however, declined to overturn the verdict in the case, leaving open the possibility Trump will appeal.

NEW YORK >> In a triumph for Donald Trump, a New York state appeals court today threw out an approximately half-billion-dollar penalty against the president, in a fraud case that had been one of his biggest legal setbacks before his return to the White House.

New York's attorney general is appealing the ruling that slashed President Trump's half-billion-dollar penalty in his civil fraud case.

A new prosecutor could continue on the track Willis has taken, decide to pursue only some charges or dismiss the case altogether.

Trump, in a social media post, claimed "total victory" after the ruling, which spares him from a potential half-billion-dollar fine for decades of exaggerating his wealth.