E. Jean Carroll Seeks Immediate Payment of $5.8 Million from Donald Trump

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll is asking a federal judge to order President Donald Trump to immediately pay the nearly $5.8 million he owes after a jury found he sexually abused her in the 1990s and later defamed her.

In a filing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, Carroll's lawyers argued that Trump has exhausted his attempts to avoid paying the judgment after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear his appeal of the 2023 civil verdict.

The original $5 million award has grown to almost $5.8 million with interest. Carroll's attorneys said there is no legal basis to delay payment any longer and accused Trump of continuing to attack her publicly while his legal team considers asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision.

"It is time for him to pay Carroll," attorneys Roberta Kaplan, D. Brandon Trice and Maximilian T. Crema wrote in the filing.

A federal jury in 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll during an encounter in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the spring of 1996 and for defaming her after she publicly accused him in 2019. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape under New York law.

Trump has consistently denied Carroll's allegations, saying he never knew her, claiming she fabricated the story for publicity and political reasons, and calling the case a politically motivated attack.

After the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal Monday, Trump vowed on social media to continue fighting what he described as a "Weaponization and Lawfare Case."

Carroll's lawyers said Trump's attorneys contacted them shortly after that post, requesting another delay in releasing the money while they pursue a petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider.

The lawyers argued they had already agreed to multiple delays and that, after Trump's repeated legal challenges failed, further cooperation was no longer warranted.

Attorneys for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Trump is also appealing a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to Carroll by another Manhattan jury in January 2024. In that case, the jury determined how much Trump owed for defamatory statements he made about Carroll while he was president after the earlier jury had already established his liability.