Trump avoids paying compensation in high-profile defamation case — but there’s catch
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A US Court of Appeals allows US President Donald Trump to temporarily avoid paying $83 million in compensation to writer E. Jean Carroll, the Associated Press reports.
According to a ruling by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, Trump will not be required to pay the compensation until the US Supreme Court agrees to hear his appeal or rejects it.
At the same time, the court partially granted Carroll’s side’s request and ordered the US president to post a $7.4 million bond to cover possible additional interest.
Late last month, the appeals court had already denied Trump’s request for an emergency rehearing by the full court. After that, US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Justin Smith, asked to pause the enforcement of the ruling until the Supreme Court decides whether it will take up the case.
According to Smith, there is a "fair prospect" that the Supreme Court will side with Trump. The US president previously called Carroll’s allegations a "made-up scam."
In 2019, writer E. Jean Carroll claimed that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in New York in 1996. Trump denied the allegations and called the case a "witch hunt."
In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded Carroll $5 million. In January 2024, the court additionally ordered him to pay $83.3 million for publicly discrediting the writer.
