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US appeals court rejects Trump’s latest bid to delay paying E Jean Carroll $5.8m
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- A Manhattan federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s emergency request to delay the payment of over $5 million to E Jean Carroll following her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him.
- The court upheld Manhattan federal judge Lewis Kaplan’s order to release the funds, which have been held in a court-controlled account since June 2023, including accrued interest totaling about $5.8 million.
- Judge Kaplan emphasized that Trump had been stalling the case for years, noting that the jury’s verdict was unanimously upheld on appeal and that the Supreme Court denied certiorari without dissent.
- The release order followed the Supreme Court’s refusal on June 29 to hear Trump’s appeal, prompting Carroll’s attorneys to request prompt payment of the judgment.
- Trump’s legal team argued that the agreement governing the funds did not allow payment while the rehearing petition was unresolved, but the court rejected this claim, affirming Carroll’s entitlement to the money.
