Carroll Seeks Payment Following Supreme Court Decision
E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, has formally requested a judge to mandate Donald Trump's payment of the $5 million in damages previously awarded to her. This action comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal filed by Trump regarding the civil case.
In May 2023, a New York jury determined that Trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. The jury awarded her damages related to her claims that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and subsequently dismissed her allegations as a hoax on social media. Trump has consistently denied these accusations.
Legal Efforts to Secure Payment Intensify
Carroll's legal team stated that they had previously accommodated Trump's requests to postpone the damage payments, which, with accrued interest, now total approximately $5.8 million. However, with all of Trump's attempts to avoid payment having been rejected, her lawyers declared, "Given the extraordinary lengths he has taken to avoid such payments and that each of those efforts has been denied in full, that cooperation ends today. It is time for him to pay Carroll."
Trump's attorneys were contacted for comment regarding this development.
Carroll's lawyers noted that Trump had again sought to delay the payment while simultaneously petitioning the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal. "After four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," stated Carroll's legal representation in their recent filing.
Background of the Case
Carroll, 82, accused Trump of assaulting her in the mid-1990s within a dressing room at a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. She further alleged that Trump defamed her in a 2022 Truth Social post where he denied her claims.
Trump has repeatedly asserted that Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the civil trial, improperly allowed evidence that negatively influenced the jury's perception of him. A federal appeals court, however, upheld the jury's verdict last year, concluding that Judge Kaplan made no errors warranting a new trial.
Following the Supreme Court's decision on Monday, Trump reiterated his stance on Truth Social, calling Carroll's accusations false. "Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to 'review' a fake case brought against me," Trump posted. He also pledged to continue fighting against what he termed the "weaponization and lawfare case," including "the ridiculous claim of defamation, with all of my power and strength." This post by Trump has been included in Carroll's lawyers' new filings from Tuesday.
Additionally, Trump is appealing another jury's decision from 2024, which found him liable for defaming Carroll in a separate incident and awarded her nearly $84 million. A panel of federal judges denied his appeal against that particular decision last year.
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