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BumRushDaShow

(173,822 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:05 AM 5 hrs ago

Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case

Source: CBS News

Updated on: June 30, 2026 / 10:15 PM EDT


Lawyers for President Trump asked for writer E. Jean Carroll's consent to delay the $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury, and signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal of Carroll's sexual abuse and defamation case, according to an attorney for Carroll.

Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote in a court filing Tuesday that Mr. Trump's lawyer called her with the request Monday, soon after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. Later Monday, Kaplan wrote, she informed Mr. Trump's team that "Carroll does not consent," and asked whether the president would agree to the immediate disbursement of the funds Carroll has waited years to receive.

In a separate filing Tuesday, Kaplan asked a judge to set a faster-than-normal schedule to disburse $5 million in damages awarded to her by a 2023 jury, which found Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Kaplan wrote that Carroll is also due an additional $779,783 in interest.

Kaplan said she intends to motion the federal court in New York for the funds' release, and requested "that the court direct [Trump] to respond to the motion within seven days, or by July 7, 2026, rather than the usual fourteen days." She pointed to a June 2023 filing in which she said the two sides agreed Carroll could collect if the Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case. The court did so Monday.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawyer-e-jean-carroll-says-trump-wants-to-delay-5-million-payment/

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Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP
;-{) MEAN E. JEAN Goonch 5 hrs ago #1
jesus he has some nerve. rampartd 5 hrs ago #2
I keep bdamomma 3 hrs ago #12
Typical rapist mentality Gaytano70 2 hrs ago #16
He pays NOW 31st Street Bridge 2 hrs ago #31
justice has been for sale for longer than 250 years. rampartd 8 min ago #47
So if Trump thinks he can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider their decisions, can everyone do that? muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #3
Supreme Court Rule 44allows the losing party to petition for reconsideration onenote 2 hrs ago #14
He's going to wait until the 25th day melm00se 2 hrs ago #29
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote 2 hrs ago #33
But the agreement with the escrow account nullifies that tactic Fiendish Thingy 1 hr ago #38
Put a lien on either Bedminster or Mar-A-Lago. no_hypocrisy 4 hrs ago #4
The money is actually already set aside in an escrow account controlled by the courts BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #5
Thanks, didn't know that. no_hypocrisy 4 hrs ago #7
You are correct Pototan 2 hrs ago #13
Plus the interest? n/t returnee 1 hr ago #44
Domesticating a judgment, melm00se 2 hrs ago #36
dumb question - cab67 1 hr ago #39
Predator in the Administration. rubbersole 18 min ago #46
lock up this predator Blues Heron 4 hrs ago #6
I second your motion................ turbinetree 2 hrs ago #32
She should sue yet again for emotional distress. Chasstev365 4 hrs ago #8
He just cannot take "no" for an answer. MLWR 4 hrs ago #9
Like a rapist. Gaytano70 2 hrs ago #17
Donny has the money he has taken $1.2 billion in crypto scams alone since taking office Botany 3 hrs ago #10
the money is in escrow, controled by the court Pototan 2 hrs ago #15
And when he appealed the last time they nailed them with I think $7M more Bengus81 2 hrs ago #21
I wonder about the additional $80 million fine he got because he just couldn't keep his mouth shut after the Botany 2 hrs ago #23
That is a separate case and is still pending BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #25
Gawd...how long can that POS drag that one out? It happened almost Bengus81 2 hrs ago #27
It's not the money so much as the fact that the judgment is irrevocably final. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #35
The Trump family motto: Calcitrare Vasculum de Via* tanyev 3 hrs ago #11
I think maybe... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #20
Hate to say it, but our Supreme Court has this SAME attitude on everything involving bluestarone 1 hr ago #40
thats all he does ,delay, telay. out spend and hopes u croak AllaN01Bear 2 hrs ago #18
You can appeal a SC ruling?? Bengus81 2 hrs ago #19
You can ask for a reconsideration, which you won't get. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #28
I hope they tell him hell fucking no TODAY. But...it will be another LOSS for Trump Bengus81 2 hrs ago #30
Your probably right, BUT a DELAY is what he's wanting. bluestarone 1 hr ago #41
Of course. It totally burns his ass that he has to pay that money. Ocelot II 1 hr ago #42
we wouldn't get "reconsideration". rampartd 1 min ago #48
she should put a lien on his property and foreclose moonshinegnomie 2 hrs ago #22
"Carroll does not consent." Again. 2MuchNoise 2 hrs ago #24
What's the big deal? All he has to do is sell a couple of pardons Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #26
positive thinkers never admit to a loss. rampartd 34 sec ago #49
If she passes away, does the money go to her Estate? hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #34
The money is already in an escrow account, IIRC Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #37
I seriously doubt that she will ever get any of the money... Escape 1 hr ago #43
Irony is angrychair 45 min ago #45

rampartd

(5,558 posts)
2. jesus he has some nerve.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:09 AM
5 hrs ago

this poor woman has been waiting for a few bucks from a perverted billionaire for years.

bdamomma

(69,688 posts)
12. I keep
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:11 AM
3 hrs ago

on saying to myself, they can't take it $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
with them. That's why they want to live on by taking artificial meds, it doesn't work that way!!!!

Gaytano70

(1,307 posts)
16. Typical rapist mentality
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:34 AM
2 hrs ago

No does not mean no 😡 He is a psychopath who needs to have ALL his assets liquidated!

muriel_volestrangler

(106,912 posts)
3. So if Trump thinks he can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider their decisions, can everyone do that?
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:28 AM
4 hrs ago

Reconsider Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, for instance? Or Trump v. United States (the presidential immunity one)?

onenote

(46,366 posts)
14. Supreme Court Rule 44allows the losing party to petition for reconsideration
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:29 AM
2 hrs ago

The petition must be filed within 25 days and can only be granted if supported by one of the justices who supported the decision to which the reconsideration petition is directed. Consequently such petitions almost never are granted.

So, while the losing parties in Dobbs and the immunity case (not”we”) could have filed a reconsideration petition they didn’t because they knew it wouldn’t have been granted.

melm00se

(5,188 posts)
29. He's going to wait until the 25th day
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:00 AM
2 hrs ago

have it rejected for some procedural flaw, which grants another 15 days and then he will appeal the 2nd rejection which will start the process all over again.

Response to melm00se (Reply #29)

Fiendish Thingy

(24,542 posts)
38. But the agreement with the escrow account nullifies that tactic
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:21 AM
1 hr ago

The agreement with the escrow account says the money would be released to Carroll if SCOTUS declined to hear the case, which has happened.

All it will take is the lower court judge to order the release of the funds.

My money is on Trump suing the escrow company to block the release of funds.

no_hypocrisy

(55,785 posts)
4. Put a lien on either Bedminster or Mar-A-Lago.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:28 AM
4 hrs ago

At least you know where the money is. The rest he can hide.

BumRushDaShow

(173,822 posts)
5. The money is actually already set aside in an escrow account controlled by the courts
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:40 AM
4 hrs ago

so it's a matter of officially releasing it (was required in order to do all those appeals).

Pototan

(3,254 posts)
13. You are correct
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:28 AM
2 hrs ago

All E. Jean has to do is petition the judge to release the funds.

I'm sure her lawyer is on top of it.

melm00se

(5,188 posts)
36. Domesticating a judgment,
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:08 AM
2 hrs ago

when you have a PITA professional dirtbag...errrrrr...debtor, is extremely difficult.

PITA debtors dispute the validity of the judgment, which, when facing an unfriendly judge, essentially makes you relitigate the whole case. Appeals tend to go nowhere, as Florida is considered one of the (if not the) most debtor-friendly states in the country. Exacerbating it even more so is when the debtor has the assets to fund such a fight.

Been there, done that, and have the t-shirt.

MLWR

(1,154 posts)
9. He just cannot take "no" for an answer.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:59 AM
4 hrs ago

Like every toddler, he has to make a pest of himself until he gets his way.

Botany

(78,297 posts)
10. Donny has the money he has taken $1.2 billion in crypto scams alone since taking office
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:30 AM
3 hrs ago

I hope E. Jean’s attorneys are charging Trump interest and are going after the 80 million in
penalties she won too.

Pototan

(3,254 posts)
15. the money is in escrow, controled by the court
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:30 AM
2 hrs ago

accruing interest which will be awarded to E. Jean when released by the court

Bengus81

(10,618 posts)
21. And when he appealed the last time they nailed them with I think $7M more
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:42 AM
2 hrs ago

in Bond? Make it $50M this time if it would somehow happen.

Botany

(78,297 posts)
23. I wonder about the additional $80 million fine he got because he just couldn't keep his mouth shut after the
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:47 AM
2 hrs ago

1st case when the Judge told him he was not allowed to speak about the case or Ms. Carroll.

If he hadn’t had help by Musk, Thiel, Eaton Corp, Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, the USPS,
corrupt members of the BOE, the U.S. Supreme Court,* the fossil fuel industries, Russia, Judge
Cannon, and the Republican owned media to let him steal another election he was looking @
hundreds of millions of dollars in civil penalties and fines along with prison too but now that
criminal is POTUS.

* article 3 of the 14th Amendment specifically stated that because of January 6th he should never
had been

Bengus81

(10,618 posts)
27. Gawd...how long can that POS drag that one out? It happened almost
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:57 AM
2 hrs ago

simultaneously to the $5M fine.

Ocelot II

(131,880 posts)
35. It's not the money so much as the fact that the judgment is irrevocably final.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:07 AM
2 hrs ago

Obviously he has enough money (and the money to pay this judgment is being held by the court anyhow). But once it's actually paid out to Carroll and sitting in her bank account, the loss is final and official. He had to fork over a pile of bucks to a woman because he was found to have defamed and sexually assaulted her and she now has his money once and for all to prove it. It's that he's a loser and finally had to pay up for being a loser that he can't stand.

tanyev

(49,970 posts)
11. The Trump family motto: Calcitrare Vasculum de Via*
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:04 AM
3 hrs ago
*Kick the can down the road


Delay, delay, delay, delay, appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal.


😒

bluestarone

(22,586 posts)
40. Hate to say it, but our Supreme Court has this SAME attitude on everything involving
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:38 AM
1 hr ago

tRUMP! Their record proves this! Delay is a victory for this BASTARD!!

Bengus81

(10,618 posts)
30. I hope they tell him hell fucking no TODAY. But...it will be another LOSS for Trump
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:00 AM
2 hrs ago

so make it ASAP!

bluestarone

(22,586 posts)
41. Your probably right, BUT a DELAY is what he's wanting.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:42 AM
1 hr ago

He'll get THAT delay, i'm sure of that. Maybe 6 months before this court decides this again.

Ocelot II

(131,880 posts)
42. Of course. It totally burns his ass that he has to pay that money.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:53 AM
1 hr ago

It's not the amount; it's that he has to pay it, and he'll do whatever he can to put that off because once she has her hands on the money she's officially and finally won.

rampartd

(5,558 posts)
48. we wouldn't get "reconsideration".
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:13 AM
1 min ago

but we don't have video of supreme court justices cavorting with epstein .

Ocelot II

(131,880 posts)
26. What's the big deal? All he has to do is sell a couple of pardons
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:57 AM
2 hrs ago

and he won't even miss the $5M.

hamsterjill

(17,970 posts)
34. If she passes away, does the money go to her Estate?
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:04 AM
2 hrs ago

She's 82 and that's what he's hoping for. He's drawing it out hoping she will pass away, or else have some bad luck with some stairs or a window.

Tell me I'm reaching. I dare you!!! LOL

Escape

(554 posts)
43. I seriously doubt that she will ever get any of the money...
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:04 AM
1 hr ago

The "law" to Trump is a minor, temporary inconvenience. The delays and postponements will continue indefinitely.

angrychair

(12,556 posts)
45. Irony is
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:29 AM
45 min ago

That Mango Mussolini has very likely spent over $5 million dollars in lawyers and legal fees fighting this case.

It's not about the money.

If it were about the money it would have been cheaper to settle.

This is all part of his narcissism and megalomania.

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