After Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal, attorneys for E. Jean Carroll say 'time for him to pay' $5M
Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday asked a federal judge to order President Donald Trump to pay her the $5 million judgment a Manhattan jury said she is owed after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week, with no dissents, declined to hear Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
Carroll's attorneys said in a new court filing that Trump's lawyers told them the president may ask the Supreme Court to reconsider.
"Defendant's counsel contacted Carroll's undersigned counsel to inquire whether Carroll would consent to a further stay of enforcement of the judgment in this action so that Defendant can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of certiorari in her case," Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote.
"[A]fter four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," Kaplan wrote. "And under the Court's Stipulation and Order, Carroll is now entitled to obtain payment of the money due under the judgment."
In a post on his social media platform after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, Trump vowed to continue to fight the case.
"I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength," Trump said in the post.
A New York jury in 2023 held Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s and defaming her in 2022 when he denied her claim, and decided she is entitled to $5 million in damages.
The money has been held in escrow pending the outcome of Trump's appeal.
"Defendant Trump obtained a stay of execution pending appeal only by explicitly agreeing that the funds placed in the Court's account would be disbursed upon the conditions set out in the Stipulation and Order. Those conditions were satisfied when the Supreme Court denied his petition for certiorari," Kaplan wrote, adding "It is time for him to pay Carroll."
In his appeal, Trump had argued that the judge in the case should not have allowed the jury to view an excerpt from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump is heard describing lewd behavior that he downplayed as "locker room talk."
Trump also faulted the trial judge for allowing testimony from two women -- Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff -- who claimed that Trump had sexually assaulted them, which Trump denies.
