New York Court Orders Trump to Pay $5.8 Million to E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered President Donald Trump to pay approximately $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll in a sexual abuse and defamation case that a jury decided in 2023.
New York Court Orders Trump to Pay $5.8 Million to E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge in Manhattan has directed U.S. President Donald Trump to pay approximately $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling stems from a civil case that jurors resolved in 2023, finding the Republican president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former journalist.
Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the payment order, which covers the original $5 million in damages plus accrued interest. The funds had been held in a trust account while Trump's appeal was pending. The decision follows the U.S. Supreme Court's June 29 ruling not to hear the president's appeal against the defamation judgment.
Carroll, now 82, filed her lawsuit nearly seven years ago. She alleged that Trump assaulted her around 1996 in a fitting room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. The president has repeatedly rejected her claims, calling them a "hoax" and insisting he never met her. He has also suggested she fabricated the allegation to promote her memoir.
In 2023, jurors found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million in damages without finding him guilty of rape. In a separate 2024 case, another court ordered Trump to pay Carroll $83.3 million for defamatory remarks he made in 2019 during his first term in the White House. The president has argued he is protected by presidential immunity in that matter, though the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that claim last September.
On Tuesday evening, Trump's attorneys had asked the court not to release the funds, arguing that Carroll should wait for a new appeal filed with the Supreme Court. They contended that immediate payment would cause the president "irreparable harm" if the ruling were later overturned, and that releasing the money could undermine public confidence in the judiciary if the high court eventually agreed to review the case.
Earlier today, Trump filed a new request with the Supreme Court seeking a review of the matter, even though the nation's highest court rarely revisits cases it has already declined to hear.
Neither Trump's nor Carroll's lawyers immediately commented on the ruling after it was issued.
Source: Capital.gr
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