E. Jean Carroll asked a Manhattan federal judge to enforce payment of nearly $5.8 million from the 2023 verdict against Donald Trump after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan set an expedited schedule with Trump’s response due July 7.
E. Jean Carroll is asking a Manhattan federal judge to order Donald Trump to pay nearly $5.8 million from the 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
The filing, made July 1, comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal of that judgment. Carroll’s lawyers say there is no longer a basis for additional delay and want the award enforced now.
Trump’s legal team has asked for more time and said he will continue to fight the case. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan set an expedited schedule and ordered Trump’s side to respond by July 7.
From verdict to enforcement
A jury in 2023 awarded Carroll $5 million. With interest, she now says the total is nearly $5.8 million.
The current dispute is not about the jury’s liability finding. It is about whether the court should turn that verdict into money Carroll can collect now, or give Trump any further delay.
What happens next
Trump’s response is due July 7, 2026. After that, Kaplan will decide whether to order payment or allow any additional pause.
The enforcement fight is separate from Carroll’s other case against Trump, in which she won a separate $83 million defamation verdict that remains on appeal.
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