Trump seeks to delay $5.8M E. Jean Carroll payout after Supreme Court rejects appeal

E. Jean Carroll refused to accommodate President Donald Trump's request to delay payment of the $5 million a jury awarded her, ruling that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and defamed her after she came forward publicly in 2019. She asked the judge on Tuesday to direct the 80-year-old to pay her after the Supreme Court denied his petition for "certiorari," in effect refusing to entertain his appeal to overturn the verdict.

Carroll's lawyers approached the Manhattan federal court, insisting that Trump was unjustly trying to delay the release of the money despite the Supreme Court's decision. "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," the motion read.

The filing revealed that the total amount now stands at $5.8 million, including $779,783 in interest, and should be disbursed by order of the court. "Nothing in the Stipulation and Order, the Federal Rules, or the Supreme Court's Rules permits him to disregard the parties' agreement subsequently so ordered by Your Honor based on the fact that he is considering seeking reconsideration of the denial of certiorari," the filing explained, highlighting that not a single Supreme Court justice registered dissent.

The President was surprised at the Supreme Court's decision, calling it a fake case brought against him by an unknown woman. "(Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!). 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," he wrote on Truth Social on Monday.

Trump argued that the case was actually against the United States of America, and all the country stands for, "...and should never be allowed to happen to another President, or Candidate to be! New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, to wrongfully 'nab' me." "It was tailor-made, and this Injustice cannot be allowed to stand!" he concluded.

This is not the only case related to Carroll that Trump is challenging in courts. He appealed the verdict by a separate Manhattan jury, which awarded $83 million in damages to Carroll following a trial in January 2024, according to the Associated Press. The judge at the trial instructed the jury to accept the findings of the previous jury and only determine how much money Trump owed Carroll for defamatory comments he made about her in 2019 as President.