E Jean Carroll demands Donald Trump pay $5.8m in damages from 2019 case
Key takeaways
- Carroll’s lawyers have asked for an expedited resolution to the payment question, after the US Supreme Court declined Trump’s appeal.
- On Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed that Carroll could pursue the payment on an expedited basis.
- A day earlier, Carroll’s lawyers urged the court to act.
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Carroll’s lawyers have asked for an expedited resolution to the payment question, after the US Supreme Court declined Trump’s appeal.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo E Jean Carroll exits a New York federal court on September 6, 2024 [Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP]By Abby Rogers, AP and Reuters Published On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026Writer E Jean Carroll is demanding that United States President Donald Trump pay the $5m a civil court awarded her in damages, after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.
On Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed that Carroll could pursue the payment on an expedited basis. He called on Trump’s legal team to respond no later than July 7.