US President Donald Trump has sought more time to pay the $5 million civil judgment awarded to writer E Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, a move Carroll's legal team has described as a move which “appears to be little more than yet another play for time”.

Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interest

A judge rejected Trump's request to delay his response to E. Jean Carroll's demand for the $5 million she won in a civil lawsuit, plus interest.