New York [US], July 10: A U.S. judge on Wednesday authorized the payment of a multimillion-dollar verdict to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll.
This is to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ordered the disbursement of nearly $5.8 million to the former Elle magazine advice columnist, representing the original $5 million verdict plus interest.
The funds had been held in escrow while Trump appealed the verdict, but the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 declined to take up the Republican president's case. None of the nine justices, including three appointed by Trump, noted dissents.
Trump appealed Kaplan's order to the federal appeals court in Manhattan, less than an hour after the judge issued it.
"The American People stand with President Trump as they demand an immediate end to all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes," a spokesperson for Trump's lawyers said in a statement.
Lawyers for Carroll had no immediate comment.
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Corporation
