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Judge Orders $5 Million Trump Judgment Be Released to E. Jean Carroll
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge ordered that writer E. Jean Carroll promptly receive a $5 million jury award after the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's appeal and denied his last-minute request for reconsideration.
- The Manhattan jury had awarded Carroll the damages in May 2023, finding Trump liable for sexual assault in the 1990s and defamation for calling her allegations a hoax on social media.
- Judge Lewis A. Kaplan cited the Supreme Court's June 29 denial of Trump's review request as grounds to release the funds, which Trump had deposited with the court.
- Trump's lawyers filed a rehearing request to the Supreme Court on the same day, aiming to have the case heard alongside another appeal involving Carroll, but such requests are rarely granted.
- Legal experts suggest the rehearing request was likely a last-ditch effort to delay Carroll from receiving the jury award.
