Carroll pushes for immediate payout as Trump seeks delay over Supreme Court review

E. Jean Carroll is pressing a Manhattan court to release about $5.8 million from a verdict that found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, arguing no further delays are warranted. Trump wants to delay disbursement to pursue a possible Supreme Court reconsideration, a move Carroll’s attorney says should be denied. Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered Trump’s team to respond to Carroll’s motion by next Tuesday; the funds, held in court to satisfy the verdict, have earned roughly $800,000 in interest. The report also notes a separate $83.3 million defamation award in a different case and that the Supreme Court recently declined to hear Trump’s appeal in that matter.