When the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, everyone expected Trump to decline to pay up — including Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan.
Trump owes Carroll $5,779,783.00, the amount of the judgment plus post-judgment interest. As expected, he is attempting to delay the payout.
Trump is also continuing to defame E. Jean Carroll by calling the case a “fake,” and attempting to assuage public sentiment via Truth Social to his favor.
It’s not going to work, and legal expert Joyce Vance is explaining what is actually happening in the court system.
Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan issued a memorandum soon after SCOTUS affirmed the lower court decision as final, asking the judge in the case, Lewis Kaplan (no relation), to grant the disbursement of funds held in the Court Registry Investment System (‘CRIS’).
“Within minutes of that Truth Social post, Defendant’s counsel contacted Carroll’s undersigned counsel to inquire whether Carroll would consent to a further stay of enforcement of the judgment in this action so that Defendant can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of certiorari in her case. Counsel for Carroll explained that Paragraph 8 of the Stipulation and Order provided for disbursement of the award owed to Carroll immediately upon denial of a petition for certiorari, and counsel for Defendant clarified that he was requesting that Carroll consent to a ‘new stay or continuance’ of execution. That afternoon, Carroll’s undersigned counsel notified Defendant’s counsel that Carroll does not consent and inquired whether Defendant would agree to stipulate to the immediate disbursement of the funds owed to Carroll.”
Trump’s temper tantrum does not entitle him to more time to delay payment, so Carroll’s lawyers laid out the history of the case, noting that nothing in the stipulations of the case permits Trump to delay payment because he wants to grovel before SCOTUS again.
Carroll’s lawyers ask the judge to reject another delay. See below:
Even in this extraordinary situation, Trump is still legally offered time to consider and respond to the motion.
Attorney Kaplan then asks the court to reduce the number of days Trump has to respond, and the judge agrees.
Judge Lewis Kaplan responded by simply noting “So Ordered” on the docket sheet. Trump must respond by July 7, Carroll by the 10th, which is a week from Friday. At that point, expect Judge Kaplan to order the funds released to Carroll.
