Judge orders Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million after Supreme Court appeal rejection

President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defaming her.

Donald Trump has made billions of dollars grifting the American public since returning to office, yet he’s still trying to find a way to weasel out of paying E. Jean Carroll.The president cannot accept the reality that he lost: Trump’s legal team demanded that the former Elle columnist repay him the $5.6 million that he was court-mandated to give her, The Independent reported Tuesday.The money was disbursed to Carroll from a court-controlled escrow account on July 9—three years after a nine-person jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s and defaming her in the early 2020s when she went public about the attack. Trump had done everything in his power to avoid paying Carroll her due, including attempting to take the case to the Supreme Court, although it ultimately refused to hear the case in June.“But rather than accept the reality that he had lost, [Trump] has engaged in a series of maneuvers trying desperately to forestall payment,” Carroll’s lawyers wrote in a legal filing Monday night, noting that the payment should have been the end of the case.“But Defendant now demands yet another unprecedented remedy,” Carroll’s attorneys continued. “The judgment here is final, the money has already been disbursed, and Carroll is entitled to keep it.”Her team added that each of the president’s attacks has a “domino effect” that subjects the writer to “ongoing and prolific harassment” from people who take Trump’s word as gospel, “including a multitude of death threats and other threats of physical injury.”The sum is just the tip of the iceberg for how much Trump owes Carroll, however. After the 2023 civil case, Trump tried and failed to sue Carroll for defamation, insisting, despite the jury’s determination, that he had not sexually abused her. A federal judge eventually ruled that Trump—not Carroll—was the liable party, as he had defamed the advice columnist by denying the sexual abuse on the basis that she wasn’t his “type,” and by accusing her of inventing the sexual assault allegations against him for the benefit of her book. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case, though Carroll has not yet seen a dime from that decision.

President Donald Trump already paid out millions in the sexual abuse and defamation case. Now he wants it back

US President Donald Trump has paid writer E Jean Carroll more than $5m (£3.7m) in damages, three years after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case."Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict," Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, said in a short statement on Tuesday.E. Jean Carroll collects more than $5M from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case - NBC News https://t.co/wmw0c07ywM— Carmen (@CiCi77) July 15, 2026 Trump had sought to delay the payment while asking the US Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to hear his appeal. However, last week, the judge overseeing the case ordered him to pay the damages. A representative for Trump's legal team declined to comment.Carroll's legal team said she received more than $5.62m, comprising the $5m damages awarded by the jury and the interest accrued during the appeal, BBC reports.Civil case stemmed from 1990s assault allegationCarroll, a former magazine columnist who is now 82, alleged that Trump attacked her in the mid-1990s in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. She also accused him of defaming her through a 2022 post on his Truth Social platform denying her allegations.In 2023, a New York jury unanimously awarded Carroll $5m in damages. Trump denied the allegations and deposited the amount into a court-controlled account shortly after the verdict, where it remained during the appeals process.Also Watch:Appeals rejected, separate case continuesTrump's lawyers criticised the ruling requiring the payment, describing the case as a "hoax" and "Witch Hunt" which they alleged had been funded by Democrats. Trump also repeatedly argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan had improperly admitted evidence that prejudiced the jury against him.A federal appeals court upheld the jury's verdict last year, ruling that Kaplan had not made errors warranting a new trial. The US Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal last month, clearing the way for Carroll to receive the money.Carroll welcomed the decision on her Substack blog, writing: "WE WON!""THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!" Carroll wrote.Trump is also appealing a separate 2024 jury verdict that found him liable for defaming Carroll in another instance and awarded her nearly $84m. A federal appeals panel rejected that appeal last year.Massive Landslide In China's Chongqing Buries Homes, 1,100 Evacuated | VIDEO

Writer Jean Carroll gets million from Trump in sex abuse case

Writer E Jean Carroll has received $5.6 million in damages after the Supreme Court let a civil verdict against US President Donald Trump stand. The award stems from a jury finding that Trump sexually assaulted and defamed Carroll.

U.S. President Donald Trump on July 6 asked the Supreme Court justices to take the unusual step of reconsidering their rejection of his appeal, with no decision yet made.

The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected nearly $5.63 million from Donald Trump after a jury in 2023 found the US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

Writer E Jean Carroll has collected nearly $US5.6 million ($8 million) from Donald Trump after a jury in 2023 found the US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected nearly $5.63 million from Donald Trump after a jury in 2023 found the U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

U.S. President found liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, court records show

US President Donald Trump has paid $5.6 million to author E. Jean Carroll following a civil trial in which a jury found him liable for sexual assault and defamation, according to court documents released on Tuesday. Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan confirmed that the damages awarded by the jury had been paid, relating to the verdict […]

The payout comes after the US Supreme Court refused to hear Trump's legal protests over it -- a decision that could also spell bad news for his attempts to block a much heftier $83.3 million related judgment against him involving Carroll.

Funds president owed had been in a government account as he appealed against the verdict and judgment

US President Donald Trump has paid writer E Jean Carroll millions of dollars after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing and defaming her.

US President Donald Trump has paid writer E Jean Carroll millions of dollars after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing and defaming her.

A jury found Mr Trump attacked E Jean Carroll in 1996 in a New York department store dressing room and defamed her after she told the story publicly.

Donald Trump has paid writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million after a jury found him liable for sexual assault and defamation. Learn more about the payment. Read More: https://punchng.com/trump-pays-5m-to-writer-for-assault-defamation/

President Donald Trump's lawyers have vowed to continue appealing.

The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.

Writer E. Jean Carroll has received over $5.6 million in damages awarded in her civil case against US President Donald Trump after a federal court released funds held in escrow during the appeals process. The payment follows the US Supreme Court's decision to let the 2023 verdict stand. Trump continues to challenge the ruling and has filed further appeals.

The payment, representing the $5 million jury award, plus interest, was made Monday from an account where it had been held in escrow since the 2023 verdict, court records say.

The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

The Supreme Court on June 29 left intact a jury's finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022 when he denied it.

The Supreme Court on June 29 left intact a jury's finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022 when he denied it.

Writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over US$5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said. The payment – representing the US$5 million jury award, plus interest – was made Monday from an account where it had been held in escrow since the 2023 verdict, according to court records. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, confirmed the payment on Tuesday. “We are pleased to report that she has received the...

The writer E Jean Carroll has received a multimillion dollar payout more than three years after she was awarded it by the jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.

Carroll collected over $5.6 million stemming from a jury's finding that Trump attacked her in 1996 and defamed her decades later.

The payment — representing the US$5 million jury award, plus interest — was made Monday (local time) from an account where it had been held in escrow since the 2023 verdict, according to court records.

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The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said.

Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation  BBCTrump pays E Jean Carroll $5.6m in sex abuse and defamation case  Sky NewsE Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages  The GuardianJudge orders Trump's $5m damages be released to E Jean Carroll  BBCE. Jean Carroll Gets $5.6 Million From Trump For Defamation And Assault  Forbes

President Donald Trump has finally paid E. Jean Carroll the $5.6 million judgment he owes her for one of the two lawsuits she filed against him, after exhausting his appeals. The post Trump Finally Pays E. Jean Carroll $5.6 Million After Exhausting His Appeals first appeared on Mediaite.

A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.

Jurors in May 2023 found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. He has delayed payment for the past three years.

Writer E. Jean Carroll has received a payout of the over $5.6 million owed to her three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. “Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll,” said Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, in...

Writer E. Jean Carroll, who sued President Trump over claims of sexual abuse and defamation, has received more than $5 million as part of a civil judgment paid by Trump.

NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump has paid $5.6 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her, a court filing showed Tuesday. "Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll," Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan said in a statement. "Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict," she added. The US Supreme Court in late June refused to hear Trump's appeal against the original May 2023 judgment, essentially making that decision final. Carroll, a former journalist and columnist who is now 82, accused the president of assaulting her in a dressing room of a New York department store in 1996. When the allegations were published in a 2019 book, the Republican billionaire called her a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case. In a separate defamation case in New York, Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million to Carroll. That judgment was upheld on appeal, but its enforcement remains suspended.

"Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict," she added.

E. Jean Carroll has collected her $5 million judgment against President Donald Trump, more than three years after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

US President Donald Trump has paid $5.6 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her, a court filing showed Tuesday. The post Trump pays $5m to writer for assault, defamation appeared first on Vanguard News.

Funds released from escrow account after Trump’s efforts to block sexual abuse and defamation award failA Manhattan federal court has released more than $5.6m that Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him, records reveal. The disbursement, made public in a 14 July entry on Carroll’s case docket, indicates that the funds were released by a court-held account on 9 July – one day after judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of this money.Trump, who has been fighting against the release of this money since June after the supreme court on 29 June denied his request to hear his appeal, has denied wrongdoing. “Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E Jean Carroll. Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict,” Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lead lawyer, said in a statement. Continue reading...

A federal judge recently ordered Trump to pay Carroll, rejecting his last-ditch efforts while noting that he "has been stalling this case for years."

A jury concluded in 2023 that Trump should pay Carroll $5 million in damages.

The president transferred more than $5.6 million earlier this week after a judge ordered him to fulfill the jury's verdict

More than $80 million owed to Carroll is still in dispute in a different case.

Donald Trump has finally paid E. Jean Caroll.The columnist has received $5,625,000 from a court-controlled trust, according to court documents filed Tuesday.The distribution of funds comes more than three years after Trump was found civilly liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a department store in late 1995. “Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll,” Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, told CBS News. “Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict.”After many legal challenges, Judge Lewis Kaplan (who shares no relation to Carroll’s attorney) decided last week that Carroll should receive the money, despite yet another pending appeal from Trump’s team on the Supreme Court docket. The Supreme Court had originally declined to hear Trump’s petition on June 29. That day, Carroll wrote on her Substack: “THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!”In a six-page memorandum penned Wednesday, Judge Kaplan noted that Trump “has been stalling this case for years.” “It is time for him to ‘do equity’ and pay the judgement,” Kaplan ordered.The aggregate payment consists of $5 million owed from the original case, along with an additional $625,000 in interest. Yet it’s really just the tip of the iceberg for how much Trump owes the beleaguered writer.After the 2023 civil case, Trump tried and failed to sue Carroll for defamation. Kaplan later ruled that Trump had continued to defame the advice columnist by denying the sexual abuse on the basis that she wasn’t his “type,” and by accusing her of making up the sexual assault allegations against him for the benefit of her book. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case, though Carroll has not yet seen any proceeds from that decision.This story has been updated.

Payout represents the original $5 million civil verdict, plus interest

Courts reject Trump's Hail Mary bids to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll  PoliticoUS appeals court rejects Trump’s latest bid to delay paying E Jean Carroll $5.8m  The GuardianJudge Orders $5 Million Trump Judgment Be Released to E. Jean Carroll  The New York TimesTrump files last-minute bid to prevent $5M payout to Carroll  The HillNews Wrap: Judge orders $5.8M paid to E. Jean Carroll in Trump sex abuse, defamation case  PBS

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from being made.

Donald Trump is absolutely, finally, paying E. Jean Carroll.The Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the president’s emergency motion to temporarily suspend the court-ordered payment late Wednesday.The decision came shortly after Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of $5 million in court-held funds to the beleaguered columnist, more than three years after Trump was found civilly liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a department store in late 1995.The last-minute stay was a Hail Mary thrown by Trump’s legal team, who had tried to appeal the case to the Supreme Court earlier this week. But the nation’s highest judiciary ultimately rejected the request on Tuesday.Despite the high court’s decision, Trump’s legal team wrote to Kaplan asking him not to release the funds, claiming that the president’s Supreme Court petition for a new hearing was still pending.By Wednesday morning, the SCOTUS docket had been updated to reflect that it was anticipating a corrected petition from the president’s team. But hours later, it appeared that Kaplan had gone ahead and ordered the release of the funds to Carroll despite Trump’s pending filing, anyway.In a six-page memorandum penned Wednesday, Kaplan noted that Trump “has been stalling this case for years.” “It is time for him to ‘do equity’ and pay the judgement,” Kaplan ordered.The Second Circuit Court of Appeals clearly agreed.Carroll has a long and grim history with the president. After the 2023 civil case, Trump tried and failed to sue Carroll for defamation. Kaplan later ruled that Trump had continued to defame the advice columnist by denying the rape on the basis that she wasn’t his “type,” and by accusing her of making up the sexual assault allegations against him for the benefit of her book. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case, though Carroll has not yet seen any proceeds from that decision, either.Late last month, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan (who shares no relation to the New York-based judge) asked a judge to implement an expedited payment schedule for the sum that Trump owes Carroll, noting that by this point, the president owes Carroll interest on the original amount.“It is time for this case to come to an end,” Carroll’s attorney wrote in a Tuesday legal filing.

US president contested judge’s order to release money after Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against himA Manhattan federal appeals court late on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay the payment of more than $5m to E Jean Carroll following her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him.The US court of appeals for the second circuit made its decision hours after Trump filed paperwork fighting Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan’s order releasing this money – which has been held in a court-controlled account since June 2023. Trump denies all wrongdoing. Continue reading...

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect USD 5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from being made. Trump deposited the money in an account shortly after a jury ruled against him in 2023. The US Supreme Court recently let the civil verdict stand, clearing the way for Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to release the money. The initial USD 5 million award has grown with interest. The jury found Trump attacked Carroll in 1996 in the dressing room of a luxury Manhattan department store, and defamed her after she described it publicly in a 2019 memoir, during his first term as president. Trump called her allegations false and said " she's not my type " in an interview. Trump's lawyers said Wednesday they would continue to appeal and accused his political opponents of using the legal system against him. They ..

The money has been held in escrow since 2023 when a jury found Trump had sexually abused and defamed the former Elle magazine columnist. The judge said Trump had been stalling the case and that it was time to pay up.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday authorized the payment of a multimillion-dollar verdict to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ordered the disbursement of nearly $5.8 million to the […]

More than six years after E Jean Carroll first sued Donald Trump, a judge has ordered the release of a multimillion-dollar payout to the former Elle columnist.

More than six years after E Jean Carroll first sued Donald Trump, a judge has ordered the release of a multimillion-dollar payout to the former Elle columnist.

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan orders the disbursement of nearly $5.8 million to the former Elle magazine advice columnist, representing the original $5 million verdict plus interest

The former Elle magazine columnist accuses Donald Trump of rape and defamation.

A Manhattan judge orders the payment to the former Elle magazine advice columnist, who a jury found was sexually abused by Donald Trump.

A federal judge ruled that E. Jean Carroll should immediately receive the $5.8 million awarded to her after a jury found President Donald Trump liable of sexually abusing her in 1996 and later defaming her. NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos explains the ruling.

Donald Trump was ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million for sexual assault and defamation by a US judge. While appealing the decision, Trump has deposited the money, which has grown with interest since the verdict was upheld.

A US judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million after a civil jury found that he sexually assaulted and defamed her.

A ⁠US judge has authorised the payment of a multimillion-dollar verdict to magazine writer E Jean Carroll to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.

The president was found liable of those charges in a 2023 civil trial

A judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million after a civil jury found that he sexually assaulted and defamed her.

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A United States (US) judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pay writer E Jean Carroll $5 million after a civil jury found that he sexually assaulted and defamed her. Last week, the US Supreme Court refused to hear Trump's appeal against the original May 2023 judgment ordering him to pay $2 million in damages for sexual assault and $3 million for defamatory statements. Carroll, a former journalist and columnist who is now 82, accused the president of assaulting her in a dressing room of a New York department store in 1996. When the allegations were published in a 2019 book, the Republican billionaire called her a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case. By declining to hear the appeal, the Supreme Court made the judgment final. On Wednesday, federal judge Lewis Kaplan ordered that the $5 million Trump had been required to deposit with the court be paid. The ruling also requires payment of unspecified accrued interest. In a separate defamation case in New York, Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million to Carroll. That judgment was upheld on appeal, but its enforcement remains suspended. In late May, US media reported that Carroll herself was under criminal investigation, described as the latest example of Trump's willingness to use the justice system against his enemies. The investigation, opened by Justice Department prosecutors, seeks to determine if Carroll lied under oath during several depositions against Trump, CNN and The New York Times reported.

NEW YORK — Writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately asked a court to block the payment while they appeal. The president has already deposited the money in an account. The U.S. Supreme Court recently let the 2023 civil verdict stand, clearing the way for Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to release the money. The initial $5 million award has grown with interest. The jury found Trump attacked Carroll in 1996 in the dressing room of a luxury Manhattan department store, and […]...Keep on reading: Judge orders Trump to pay writer $5M for assault, defamation

A federal judge ordered the release of $5.8 million held in an escrow account to writer E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court declined to take Donald Trump’s appeal of a jury’s judgment that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the order on Wednesday, despite efforts […]

A federal court orders Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll over $5 million after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Legal battles continue.

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment.

Trump ordered to pay $5.8m after the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal in the Carroll defamation and abuse case.

A judge on Wednesday authorised the payment of a multimillion-dollar award to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found US President ‌Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ordered the disbursement of nearly US$5.8 million to the former Elle magazine advice columnist, representing the original US$5 million verdict plus interest. The funds had been held in escrow while Trump appealed the...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of $5.8 million to E. Jean Carroll three years after the jury awarded payment for damages caused by President Trump.  District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Carroll should receive the funds, which were placed in an escrow account while Trump appealed a verdict that found him liable for...

E. Jean Carroll will receive nearly $5.8 million from Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered payments from a court-monitored escrow account.

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President Donald Trump, 80, denies attacking New York writer E. Jean Carroll.

Writer E. Jean Carroll is to be paid $5.8 million in her long-running legal battle with President Donald Trump, a judge ruled Wednesday. The post Judge Rules E. Jean Carroll be Paid $5.8 Million in Trump Sex Abuse Case first appeared on Mediaite.

Donald Trump is also appealing $83 million in defamation compensation granted to E. Jean Carroll by a separate Manhattan jury after a January 2024 trial at which Mr. Trump briefly testified.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of the $5.8 million that President Trump owes E. Jean Carroll. After the Supreme Court declined last week to hear Trump’s appeal of Carroll’s successful defamation case against him, the president has made excuses and tried to get out of paying her. Trump has already provided the money through a fund set up during the appeals process. However, interest has grown since then, raising the total sum past the initial $5 million verdict. Shortly after Judge Lewis Kaplan issued his ruling, Trump appealed the decision.In 2023, a jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 in a Manhattan department store, and defamed her after she went public with her story. The jury ordered $5 million in damages, and Trump put the sum, plus interest, in a court-controlled account shortly after losing the case. Still, Trump insisted that he didn’t know Carroll and accused her of political and financial motives, and continued to defame her by claiming she fabricated her story. That repeated defamation resulted in another lawsuit that Trump lost, with a jury awarding Carroll $88.3 million.Carroll is still awaiting payment from a man notorious for many years for not paying his bills. He’s pulling out all of the stops to avoid paying funds that he already deposited, and that are a tiny fraction of his net worth thanks to his successful efforts to use the presidency to enrich himself. Trump can’t admit when he’s lost, whether in court or at the ballot box, and he likes to hoard his ill-gotten gains. This story has been updated.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order that says the money can be paid to E. Jean Carroll, along with interest that has grown since the verdict.

The Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of the case, but Trump still sought to delay the payment.

The writer E. Jean Carroll had asked a federal judge to order the president to pay the judgment after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that E. Jean Carroll can receive the $5.8 million awarded to her after a 2023 jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and later defamed her when he denied her allegations.

Trump is also appealing US$83-million in defamation compensation granted to Carroll by a separate Manhattan jury after a January 2024 trial

The U.S. Supreme Court last month declined to hear Trump's appeal of the case.

The order comes days weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the president's request to review the trial and verdict.

NEW YORK (AP) — E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan […]

Manhattan judge’s order frees funds from Trump’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation verdict after supreme court appeal failedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Manhattan federal court judge has ordered the release of the more than $5m Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll following her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him.Less than an hour after the judge issued his order, Trump filed paperwork indicating he is appealing the decision.Trump had deposited this $5m million jury award, plus 11% interest, into a court-controlled account about six weeks after Carroll’s win. Judge Lewis Kaplan’s order directs the disbursement of these court controlled funds, which now total some $5.8m due to interest accrual. Continue reading...

The writer is seeking $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury in a civil sexual abuse and defamation case.

Lawyers for Trump filed a rehearing petition after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal of the $5 million E. Jean Carroll civil judgment last week.

Trump’s request stems from the supreme court’s 29 June decision not to review his appeal Donald Trump has asked a judge not to order the release of more than $5m in court-held funds that he owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him.Trump had deposited this multimillion jury award, plus 11% interest, into a court-controlled account about six weeks after Carroll’s win. For this money, which now totals about $5.8m, to be released, a judge has to order directing the court-controlled fund to do so. Trump has denied all wrongdoing. Continue reading...

Donald Trump’s latest attempt to weasel his way out of paying E. Jean Carroll involved a bold-faced lie to a federal judge.In a legal filing submitted Tuesday, Trump’s attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan not to release some of the funds he owes to the beleaguered columnist on the basis that the president’s petition for a new hearing was still pending before the Supreme Court. The only hiccup: The Supreme Court had rejected Trump’s petition filing.By Wednesday, though, the SCOTUS docket had been updated to reflect that the nation’s highest court was anticipating a corrected petition from the president’s team.Carroll has a long and grim history with the president. Trump was found liable by a jury in May 2023 for having sexually abused her in the mid-1990s, for which she was awarded $5 million in damages.Trump lost his defamation case against her the following January, when Kaplan ruled that Trump had continued to defame the advice columnist by denying the rape on the basis that she wasn’t his “type,” and by accusing her of making up the sexual assault allegations against him for the benefit of her book. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case.But Carroll hasn’t yet seen a dime from either of her legal victories. In May, a federal appeals court allowed Trump to continue staving off his payments until the Supreme Court decided whether to pick up the case. The high court did so last week, rejecting Trump’s challenge and allowing the verdict to stand.Late last month, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan asked a judge to implement an expedited payment schedule for the sum that Trump owes Carroll (Kaplan is not related to the New York–based judge of the same name). She referred to a June 2023 filing in which both parties agreed that Carroll could collect if the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.Kaplan added that, by this point, the $5 million sum had accrued an additional $779,783 in interest, raising Trump’s debt in the initial case to nearly $5.8 million.“This is the end of the line,” Kaplan wrote in a June 30 filing. “It is time for him to pay Carroll.”This story has been updated.

President Donald Trump asked a judge to withhold the $5 million plus interest he owes New York writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing the US Supreme Court hasn’t decided whether to reconsider his appeal in a sexual-abuse lawsuit.

President Trump’s attorneys have mounted a last-minute bid to pause the payment of a more than $5 million judgment owed to writer E. Jean Carroll over two years after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Trump’s attorneys urged District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday to deny Caroll’s motion to disburse the...

Trump has been found liable in two trials for defaming E. Jean Carroll when he denied her claim he sexually abused her in a New York department store.

President Donald Trump filed a last-ditch plea with the US Supreme Court as he tries to prevent the writer E. Jean Carroll from collecting $5 million awarded by a jury that found he had sexually abused and defamed her.

Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attackDonald Trump’s latest attempt to delay payment of a $5.8m judgment for defaming a magazine columnist whom a jury determined he sexually abused has been emphatically rejected by a federal court judge.In a single-sentence 4 July order, US district Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the president’s request for more time to pay the civil judgment owed to E Jean Carroll, who was awarded the damages after a New York jury concluded that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 – then defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Continue reading...

President has been trying to toss the 2022 verdict for years after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse against the magazine columnist in the 1990s

Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interestLawyers for Donald Trump have requested more time to pay a $5m civil judgment to magazine columnist E Jean Carroll from 2023, days after the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal.In a new filing, the president’s attorney said that since his former lead counsel, Justin Smith, took up a position as a federal judge last month (a post he was nominated to by Trump), his new lead counsel, Josh Halpern, needed more time “to become completely familiar with the facts and procedural circumstances” of the case. Continue reading...

Carroll's lawyers have asked for an expedited resolution to the payment question after US Supreme Court declines appeal.

Donald Trump is still trying to stiff E. Jean Carroll, according to the columnist’s attorney.Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer, wrote in a court filing Tuesday that Trump’s legal representative had called her the day prior asking for another delay to the $5 million sum Trump owes the writer. Later Monday, Kaplan said she informed Trump’s team that “Carroll does not consent,” and asked whether Trump would comply with the immediate disbursement of funds.Carroll has a long and unfortunate history with the president. Trump was found liable by a jury in May 2023 for having sexually assaulted Carroll in the mid-1990s, for which she was awarded $5 million in damages. He subsequently lost his defamation case against her the following January, when a judge ruled that Trump had continued to defame the advice columnist by denying the assault on the basis that she wasn’t his “type,” and by accusing her of making up the allegations against him for the benefit of her book. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in that case.But Carroll hasn’t yet seen a dime from either case. In May, a federal appeals court allowed Trump to continue staving off his payments until the Supreme Court decided whether or not to pick up the case. The court made their decision Monday, rejecting Trump’s challenge and allowing the verdict to stand.In a separate filing Tuesday, Kaplan asked a judge to implement an expedited payment schedule for the sum that Trump owes Carroll. She referred to a June 2023 filing in which both parties agreed that Carroll could collect if the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.Kaplan added that, by this point, the $5 million sum had accrued an additional $779,783 in interest, raising Trump’s initial debt to nearly $5.8 million.Nonetheless, Trump has continued to make a target out of Carroll. In May, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the writer, probing whether Carroll committed perjury in her previous cases against Trump.

The Supreme Court declined to take up the case on Monday, but Trump is still trying to keep it alive.

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019.

Attorneys for writer E. Jean Carroll have asked a federal judge to order President Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.

E. Jean Carroll is wasting no time collecting the $5.8 million President Trump has to pay her after the Supreme Court refused to hear his effort to overturn his defamation verdict.Following the court’s decision Monday, Carroll immediately moved to collect from the bond Trump deposited in the court’s registry. Carroll is requesting the $5 million ordered in the jury verdict in the defamation case, as well as nearly $800,000 in interest due to the delayed payment.But even though the Supreme Court is supposed to be the end of the line, the president is still trying to delay paying up.Trump should have no ability to delay the court decision, as not a single justice registered a dissent. But he has difficulty accepting when things don’t go his way, especially in his second term as president. After the court turned him down Monday, Trump crashed out on Truth Social.“Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to ‘review’ a Fake Case brought against me by a woman I never met (Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!),” Trump posted.“This Case is really against the United States of America, and all it stands for, and should never be allowed to happen to another President, or Candidate to be!” Trump added.Future presidents and candidates hopefully won’t have a long, dragged out case of sexual assault against them where they refuse to admit wrongdoing and repeatedly defame their accuser. Trump has made history in multiple ways as president, including a refusal to just take the L and move on. It’s not like he can’t afford the payout, anyway.

Move follows supreme court refusal to hear Trump’s appeal of civil case verdict in sexual abuse and defamation caseThe New York journalist E Jean Carroll asked a judge on Tuesday to mandate that Donald Trump pay her the $5m she is owed from a jury verdict that found the US president liable for sexually abusing her in the 1990s and defaming her after she publicly described in 2019 being attacked by him in a city department store.Lawyers for Carroll filed papers in a federal court in Manhattan one day after the US supreme court refused to hear Trump’s appeal of the civil case verdict in 2023. Continue reading...

Writer E. Jean Carroll asked a federal court on Tuesday to release over $5 million to her per day after the Supreme Court refused President Trump’s request to overturn a jury verdict that found he abused her in the mid-1990s and defamed her.  Carroll’s attorneys filed papers in Manhattan federal court, which said the president...

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s

NEW YORK (AP) — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Lawyers for Carroll filed papers in Manhattan federal […]

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Now President Trump will have no choice but to pony up the $5 million to the former advice columnist.