Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has asked a judge to require former President Donald Trump to pay her $5.8 million after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a 2023 civil verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019.
Background
Carroll’s lawyers said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that Trump is unjustly trying to delay releasing the money from an escrow fund. The amount has grown to nearly $5.8 million with interest and should be required by the court to be disbursed, the lawyers wrote.
Trump promised on social media to keep fighting what he called a “Weaponization and Lawfare Case” after the Supreme Court’s rejection became known. Carroll’s court filing said lawyers for Trump contacted her attorneys minutes after Trump published a response to the high court’s action, asking that the payout be delayed while the Supreme Court is asked to reconsider its decision.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
