Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case

Key Points:

• President Trump's lawyers requested E. Jean Carroll's consent to delay payment of the $5 million damages awarded by a 2023 jury, signaling plans to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal in her sexual abuse and defamation case.
• Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, declined the delay request and asked the court to expedite the disbursement of the $5 million plus $779,783 in interest, citing a prior agreement that funds could be released if the Supreme Court denied Trump's appeal.
• The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal, effectively upholding the jury's finding that he likely sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s and defamed her through false statements.
• Carroll has waited nearly four years for the damages, which have been held in a court-controlled bank account, and celebrated the Supreme Court's decision as a significant victory for women.
• Trump is also appealing a separate January 2024 defamation verdict awarding Carroll $83 million, with his legal team indicating plans to bring that case to the Supreme Court as well.