Carroll Demands Trump Pay $5 Million After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
E Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who sued former President Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, has asked a New York court to enforce a $5 million judgment that a jury awarded her in 2023.
The filing comes the day after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case, a move that left the lower‑court decision intact. Carroll’s attorneys argue that Trump has repeatedly sought to postpone payment and that the delay attempts have been denied in court.
The civil case was decided by a New York jury in May 2023, finding Trump liable for the alleged assault that took place in the mid‑1990s as well as for defamation after he issued a denial on Truth Social. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages, a figure that has now grown to around $5.8 million after interest and legal costs.
Trump has continued to claim the allegations are false, posting a countersponse on Truth Social that the Supreme Court had “declined to review” a “fake case.” The post is part of the material the lawyers include in their latest submission to the court.
The case sits over four years of litigation through every level of the federal court system, including a panel of appeals judges who upheld the jury’s punishment last year. The current motion seeks to put an end to what Carroll’s lawyers describe as a prolonged battle of “payment avoidance.
