New York journalist E. Jean Carroll requested a Manhattan federal court judge to order President Donald Trump to pay her the more than $5 million judgment she was awarded after a Manhattan jury found the president liable for sexually abusing the writer in the 1990s.
Carroll’s request was made just a day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the jury’s decision, declining to hear the president’s appeal in the 2022 defamation case brought against him by the advice columnist.
"Having lost his bid to obtain review before the Supreme Court, Defendant continues 'being dilatory' and 'slowroll[ing] his defenses, asserting or inventing a new one each time his prior effort to delay the case fails,'" Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote in her recent court filing.
"[A]fter four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," Kaplan added. "And under the Court's Stipulation and Order, Carroll is now entitled to obtain payment of the money due under the judgment."
Jury Finds Trump Liable of Sexual Assault and Defamation
In 2023, the Manhattan jury found President Trump liable for abusing Carroll in the dressing room of the luxury department store, Bergdorf Goodman. The jury also agreed that President Trump later defamed the author in 2022 by claiming her allegations were a “con job.”
Trump Vows To Keep Fighting
Following the high court’s decision, President Trump took to Truth Social to once again deny the allegations, arguing that he’s never met Carroll.
“(Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!),” President Trump asserted, deeming the civil suit a “Fake Case.”
“I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength,” the president affirmed, arguing that the case “is really against the United States of America, and all it stands for.”
According to ABC News, the $5.8 million plus interest owed to Carroll are now being held in escrow pending the outcome of President Trump’s subsequent appeal.
