E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay $5.8M after high court appeal fails

Key Points:

• Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has asked a judge to require President Donald Trump to pay her nearly $5.8 million, including interest, from a 2023 jury verdict that found Trump sexually abused and defamed her in the 1990s.
• Carroll's lawyers argue that Trump is unjustly attempting to delay the payment even after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of the civil verdict.
• The original verdict stemmed from Carroll’s testimony that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 in a Manhattan department store, an incident she publicly disclosed in 2019.
• Trump has continued to publicly deny the allegations and vowed to keep fighting the case, calling it a "Weaponization and Lawfare Case," while his lawyers sought to delay the payout pending a possible Supreme Court reconsideration.
• Trump is also appealing a separate $83 million defamation compensation awarded to Carroll following a January 2024 trial related to his comments about her during his presidency.