E. Jean Carroll demands Trump pay $5.8 million in damages from 2019 case
The writer is demanding President Donald Trump fulfill a $5 million civil judgment that has grown to $5.8 million with interest, after the Supreme Court declined his appeal.
Writer E. Jean Carroll is demanding that US President Donald Trump pay her $5.8 million in damages awarded by a civil court. The amount includes the original $5 million judgment plus accrued interest. The demand comes after the US Supreme Court refused to hear Trump's appeal.
On Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed that Carroll could pursue payment on an expedited basis. He ordered Trump's legal team to respond by July 7.
Carroll's lawyers had urged the court to act a day earlier. In court filings, they accused Trump's team of slow-rolling the payout by inventing new defenses each time a delay tactic failed.
The dispute dates back to 2019, when Carroll published an excerpt from her memoir alleging Trump raped her around 1996. Trump denied the claims, calling her unattractive and insisting it never happened.
Later that year, Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit. She filed a second civil suit in 2022 for defamation and battery. In May 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation but not rape. A second jury in January 2024 awarded $83.3 million.
Trump appealed both verdicts, arguing the trials were mishandled. On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of the $5 million case. The second case is pending.
After the ruling, Trump posted on Truth Social calling Carroll's case a "fake case" and vowing to fight. Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan wrote in Tuesday's filing: "This is the end of the line. It is time for him to pay Carroll."
