A New York appeals court has upheld the $4.3 million judgment against former National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre, closing out his last major challenge to the 2024 corruption verdict that found he spent years funneling the organization's money toward personal luxuries.

A five-judge panel of New York's Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, unanimously affirmed the judgment, with the New York Attorney General's office announcing the decision on June 3. The same ruling upheld a 10-year ban barring LaPierre from serving as an officer or director of the NRA or any organization under the NRA's direct control. In its decision, the panel wrote that it had "considered LaPierre's remaining contentions and find them unavailing."

The judgment stems from a six-week civil trial that concluded in February 2024, when a Manhattan jury found LaPierre liable for breaching his fiduciary duties to the NRA. Jurors set the damages he owed the organization at $4.35 million, on top of more than $1 million he had already repaid before the trial. The same jury found former NRA finance chief Wilson Phillips and general counsel John Frazer liable for failing to uphold their duties, and concluded that the NRA itself had failed to properly administer charitable funds, filed false regulatory reports, and violated state whistleblower protections. The Attorney General's office said LaPierre and Phillips were responsible for $7.4 million in financial harm to the organization.

State attorneys had laid out years of spending that prosecutors said benefited LaPierre and his circle rather than the membership. Among the allegations were more than $11 million in private jet travel, roughly $135 million in NRA contracts approved in exchange for perks that included yacht access and free trips to the Bahamas and Greece, custom Italian suits, and no-show consulting arrangements that the state characterized as payments to keep insiders quiet.

"Wayne LaPierre and other senior NRA leaders broke the law by funneling millions of dollars in lavish perks to themselves and their families," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. "This decision upholds the jury's verdict and is another victory in our efforts to ensure that LaPierre is held accountable for his illegal self-dealing."

LaPierre, who led the NRA for roughly three decades, resigned days before the 2024 trial opened, citing his health. An attorney for LaPierre signaled that the fight is not over, indicating he intends to pursue further appeals that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

The ruling lands as the NRA works to rebuild under chief executive Doug Hamlin, who took over after LaPierre's departure, and it comes the same week the organization's charitable arm formally split from the membership group and rebranded as the 1791 Foundation amid a separate fight over $176 million in assets. For the members and donors whose dues and contributions funded the organization through that period, the appellate decision marks the closest thing yet to a final accounting for how that money was spent.