President Donald Trump filed a court petition to prevent payout to E. Jean Carroll for lawsuits that she won against him. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
July 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and his attorneys filed a motion to pause the payout of nearly $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll more than two years after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
On Tuesday, Trump's attorneys urged Manhattan District Judge Lewis Kaplan to deny Caroll's motion to disburse the nearly $5.8 million award from escrow. They argued that a "timely petition for rehearing remains pending before the Supreme Court."
"Collection cannot begin while proceedings remain pending before the Supreme Court, which is currently the case," lawyers Josh Halpern and Michael Madaio wrote in their response to Carroll's petition.
The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's case on June 29. That means the verdict finding him liable stands.
