Appeals court spares Trump from paying $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll -- for now

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Source: AP

Updated 5:55 PM EDT, May 12, 2026


NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one of Trump’s lawyers that it let the president delay the payment to E. Jean Carroll, though it required that Trump post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll’s attorney had made.

The appeals court late last month refused Trump’s request for a rare meeting of the full 2nd Circuit to hear an appeal of a three-judge panel’s affirmance of the January 2024 verdict.

Afterward, Trump attorney Justin D. Smith asked the 2nd Circuit to stay the effect of its decision upholding the award so that Trump would not be forced to pay the judgment before the high court has a chance to consider an appeal.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-abuse-defamation-670dd7ed241e22c52bd16e82a9febf69

[bluestarone]

1. How many fucking breaks are they gonna give this

RAPIST!!! If anyone deserved to DIE it's HIM. Please Lord save our planet!!

[Mz Pip]

2. Oh, FFS

They sure do bend over backwards for him.

[onenote]

6. Carroll agreed to this action. See post #5

[republianmushroom]

3. American justice is getting to be a joke. IMO

[Multichromatic]

4. Why is our court system so cowardly? Why are they SO afraid of Trump?

[onenote]

5. Carroll did not oppose this motion.

Provided that the additional interest was bonded. Which is what the court did.

It would have helped if the article had provided that bit of relevant information.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.e508a4b2-feae-4592-a6dc-d30f9ed35bb6/gov.uscourts.ca2.e508a4b2-feae-4592-a6dc-d30f9ed35bb6.157.0.pdf

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "It would have helped if the article had provided that bit of relevant information."

It's in the 2nd paragraph of the OP excerpt -

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one of Trump’s lawyers that it let the president delay the payment to E. Jean Carroll, though it required that Trump post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll’s attorney had made.

Must be one these kinds of mornings (hump day) -

[onenote]

8. Yep. My bad