E. Jean Carroll lawyers seek to expedite $5 million payment from Trump after Supreme Court rejects appeal

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll are pushing for the swift release of $5 million awarded to her, urging a judge to set an accelerated timeline for the disbursement of damages from her sexual abuse and defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

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Carroll does not consent

Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, informed the court that Trump's legal team had contacted her seeking Carroll's consent to delay the payment. Carroll has refused this request. Kaplan has also asked the court to require Trump's team to respond to the motion for disbursement within seven days, rather than the standard fourteen.

This legal maneuver follows the Supreme Court's decision to decline hearing Trump's appeal of the jury's verdict. The jury had found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a 2023 ruling, concluding that he more likely than not sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s. Trump has consistently denied Carroll's allegations, claiming he did not know her and that she was not his type.

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WE WON!

Kaplan highlighted that Carroll is also owed an additional $779,783 in interest. The $5 million has been held in a court-controlled account since the verdict. Carroll, celebrating the Supreme Court's decision on her Substack blog, declared, "WE WON!" and stated, "THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!"

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THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!