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New York writer E. Jean Carroll asked a Manhattan federal court June 30 to order President Donald Trump to pay her the $5 million she was awarded, plus interest, when a jury found him liable in 2023 for sexually abusing her and then defaming her by calling her assault allegations a "con job."The request comes after the Supreme Court denied Trump's request on June 29 to review the jury's decision in the case."Having lost his bid to obtain review before the Supreme Court, Defendant continues 'being dilatory' and 'slowroll[ing] his defenses, asserting or inventing a new one each time his prior effort to delay the case fails,'" Carroll's lawyers wrote in her court filing."But this is the end of the line," they added.Trump, according to Carroll's court filing, is trying to "further delay" handing over the money, which he deposited into a court registry to hold while he pursued his appeal, by saying he is thinking about asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to deny his appeal.Lawyers for Trump didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Carroll alleged in her lawsuit that Trump assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and then hurt her reputation by attacking her allegations as a "con job" in 2022. Trump has vehemently denied her claims and disputed the Manhattan civil jury's 2023 unanimous verdict.Carroll said in her June 30 court filing that the judge should direct nearly $5.8 million from Trump her way at this point, including interest that has been accruing while Trump pursued his appeal.In a separate case, a Manhattan civil jury also awarded Carroll $83.3 million from Trump in 2024 based on the conclusion that Trump defamed her in 2019 when he first denied her allegations. That appeal is still being litigated.
