A federal judge ordered the release of $5 million to New York writer E. Jean Carroll in her sexual-abuse lawsuit against Donald Trump, rejecting the president’s request to delay the payout while he asks the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan on Wednesday ordered the court clerk to release $5 million plus interest that Trump deposited after the verdict in May 2023, to allow his appeal. Carroll’s lawyer has said the total amount is now $5.77 million.
Less than an hour after Kaplan’s ruling, Trump filed a notice that he’ll ask the federal appeals court in Manhattan to review it, setting up yet another legal fight that could return to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on June 29 left intact a jury’s finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022 when he denied it. Trump on July 6 asked the justices to take the unusual step of reconsidering its rejection of his appeal. He argues that the appeal isn’t final until the justices decide on his request for reconsideration.
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