E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay her $5.8M after Supreme Court rejects his appeal

By — Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press By — Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/e-jean-carroll-calls-for-trump-to-pay-her-5-8m-after-supreme-court-rejects-his-appeal Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay her $5.8M after Supreme Court rejects his appeal Politics Jul 1, 2026 1:23 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Lawyers for Carroll filed papers in Manhattan federal court to say Trump is unjustly trying to further delay release of the money after the Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal of the 2023 civil jury verdict. READ MORE: Supreme Court rejects Trump's push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case The amount has grown to nearly $5.8 million with interest and should be required by the court to be disbursed, the lawyers wrote, saying Trump has resumed his defamatory attacks against Carroll as his lawyers considered asking the high court to reconsider its decision. Educate your inbox Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. The jury reached its verdict in a trial that Trump did not attend after Carroll testified that she was sexually abused by Trump in spring 1996 in the dressing room of a midtown Manhattan luxury department store after a flirtatious and friendly chance encounter between them turned violent. Carroll, 82, first talked about the attack publicly in 2019 while Trump was president. He repeatedly insisted that he never knew Carroll. He also accused her of trying to sell books at his expense and having political motives. Trump promised on social media Monday to keep fighting what he called a "Weaponization and Lawfare Case" after the Supreme Court's rejection became known. READ MORE: AP report: Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Trump for sexual abuse and defamation They said lawyers for Trump contacted Carroll's attorneys minutes after Trump published a response to the high court's action, asking that the payout be delayed while the Supreme Court is asked to reconsider its decision. But Carroll's lawyers — Roberta Kaplan, D. Brandon Trice and Maximilian T. Crema — said in their court filing that there was no reason to delay the payment, especially since the Supreme Court expressed no division in its decision not to hear the case. "To date, Carroll has agreed to each of Defendant's many requests to delay the payment he owes her. Given the extraordinary lengths he has taken to avoid such payments and that each of those efforts has been denied i