Trump asked for delay in paying E. Jean Carroll millions in damages: Lawyers
Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday asked a federal judge in New York to order President Donald Trump to pay nearly $5 million in damages for a defamation case she won in 2023.
Until earlier this month, Trump was waiting to release the money to see whether the Supreme Court would take up his appeal to reconsider the $5 million case. After the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the president’s bid to appeal, Trump’s legal team contacted Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, to ask if she would delay requesting the disbursement of the funds awarded to her by the 2023 jury, according to Kaplan. Kaplan said that the president’s attorney wanted more time so he could ask the court to reconsider its denial.
“Carroll’s undersigned counsel notified Defendant’s counsel that Carroll does not consent,” Kaplan wrote in court filings.
“[A]fter four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end,” she continued. “And under the Court’s Stipulation and Order, Carroll is now entitled to obtain payment of the money due under the judgment.”
In a separate filing Tuesday, Kaplan asked U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York to accelerate the schedule to disburse $5 million in damages awarded to her. Kaplan requested “that the court direct [Trump] to respond to the motion within seven days, or by July 7, 2026, rather than the usual fourteen days.”
In addition to the $5 million award, Carroll is also due an additional $779,783 in interest, according to court filings posted by Kaplan. “It is time for him to pay Carroll,” the writer’s attorney said.
Carroll has won two lawsuits against Trump, both of them regarding defamation over her sexual abuse claims. In 2023, a New York jury awarded her $5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation for his statements about Carroll’s claims.
Trump has maintained his innocence. After the Supreme Court rejected his appeal this week, the president promised to “continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength.”