'Time for him to pay' - Carroll calls on Trump to pay $5m after president's appeal fails
Summary
Writer E Jean Carroll has asked a judge to make President Donald Trump pay $5 million in damages after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review his appeal. A New York jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll in a civil case based on events from the 1990s, and Trump has denied the allegations.Key Facts
- E Jean Carroll accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
- Carroll sued Trump for defamation after he called her allegations a hoax on social media in 2022.
- In May 2023, a New York jury ruled against Trump and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.
- President Trump appealed the verdict but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case.
- Carroll’s lawyers say she has agreed to delays in payment but now demands that Trump pay the damages, which have grown to nearly $5.8 million with interest.
- Trump continues to deny the accusations and called the case fake in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
- Trump is also appealing another case where a jury awarded Carroll nearly $84 million for a related defamation claim.
- A federal appeals court previously upheld the original jury decision and rejected Trump’s requests for new trials.
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