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While President Donald Trump attended the NATO summit in Ankara, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday ordered him to pay what he owes E. Jean Carroll after a jury held him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered disbursement of the $5 million judgment plus almost $800,000 in interest.
"In the last analysis, defendant has been stalling this case for years. A jury unanimously concluded that he sexually abused and defamed plaintiff and awarded her damages accordingly. The judgment on that verdict has been upheld on appeal. En banc rehearing has been denied. The Supreme Court has denied certiorari without dissent," Kaplan wrote in an order late Wednesday. "It is time for him to 'do equity' and pay the judgment.”
The decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last month, with no dissents, declined to hear Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
Trump's attorneys launched a long-shot bid to delay the payment and sought an administrative stay from United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, in a one-page order on Wednesday evening, the appeals court rejected his request for a delay, clearing the way for the money to go to Carroll.
The same court had already denied Trump's initial attempts to appeal the case, in addition to the Supreme Court's ruling.
https://abcnews.com/US/judge-orders-tru ... =134591703
Clinging...
Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered disbursement of the $5 million judgment plus almost $800,000 in interest.
"In the last analysis, defendant has been stalling this case for years. A jury unanimously concluded that he sexually abused and defamed plaintiff and awarded her damages accordingly. The judgment on that verdict has been upheld on appeal. En banc rehearing has been denied. The Supreme Court has denied certiorari without dissent," Kaplan wrote in an order late Wednesday. "It is time for him to 'do equity' and pay the judgment.”
The decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last month, with no dissents, declined to hear Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
Trump's attorneys launched a long-shot bid to delay the payment and sought an administrative stay from United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, in a one-page order on Wednesday evening, the appeals court rejected his request for a delay, clearing the way for the money to go to Carroll.
The same court had already denied Trump's initial attempts to appeal the case, in addition to the Supreme Court's ruling.
https://abcnews.com/US/judge-orders-tru ... =134591703
Clinging...