Magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge to release more than $5 million to her one day after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge a jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed her.
Carroll’s lawyers asked the trial judge to expedite the briefing schedule on her motion to release the funds, saying both sides previously agreed to do it after the nation’s highest court ruled.
“Given that the Supreme Court yesterday denied Defendant’s petition for certiorari, and given the cost to Plaintiff of further delay in this nearly four-year-old litigation, we submit that there is good cause to adopt a modestly compressed briefing schedule as to payment of the judgment,” they wrote.
Carroll’s attorneys asked for all briefings to be completed by July 10.
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear Trump’s appeal, which alleged the trial judge made errors when he allowed certain evidence to be shown to the jury.
