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E Jean Carroll demands Donald Trump pay $5.8m in damages from 2019 case
Al Jazeera • • nation
Key Points:
- Writer E Jean Carroll is demanding that former President Donald Trump pay the $5 million in damages awarded to her by a civil court after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, with Judge Lewis Kaplan ordering an expedited response from Trump's legal team by July 7.
- Carroll’s legal team accuses Trump’s side of repeatedly delaying payment by introducing new defenses after previous attempts to stall the case failed.
- Carroll alleges Trump raped her in the 1990s, a claim he denies and has called false, leading to defamation lawsuits in which juries found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation but not rape.
- The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Trump’s appeal allows the lower court’s $5 million ruling to stand, while a separate $83.3 million award in a related case remains under appeal.
- Trump has condemned the lawsuit on social media as a politically motivated "Weaponization and Lawfare Case," vowing to continue fighting the defamation claims.
