A Manhattan judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to escape author E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million appeal from a huge judgment in his recent defamation case.
Manhattan federal judge Lewis Kaplan gave the former president 30 days until Monday to post a huge bail or cash with interest, giving the jury 30 days to post “Ask E. Jean.” The advice columnist was sentenced.
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“He has had to sort out his finances since January 26 with the knowledge that he may need to finalize this judgment.”
Kaplan denied President Trump’s request to extend the Feb. 23 deadline, noting that the real estate mogul had waited 25 days after the jury verdict before asking for a suspension of the sentence.
Carroll, a New York City journalist, claims he was defamed by denying to know Carroll after sexual assault accusations against him became public in 2019, and he claims he was defamed by Carroll, a top 2024 Republican presidential candidate. The case went to trial in January.
A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million on Jan. 26, with interest set at 9 percent a day starting Feb. 11, which equates to about an additional $575,000.
The former commander-in-chief has also been hit with a huge verdict in a civil fraud case and will be due in the coming weeks for a $454 million judgment ordered by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron on February 16th. Either you have to secure bail or you have to secure one.
President Trump, 77, also plans to appeal the decision.
Mr. Kaplan’s ruling comes as Mr. Trump’s criminal “hush money” case looms, with a trial scheduled for March 25.
Separately on Thursday, Manhattan Judge Juan Marchan, who will oversee the first of four criminal cases to begin trial against Trump, ruled that jurors will remain anonymous.
The Marchan decision cited President Trump’s “extensive history of repeatedly attacking jurors and grand juries in public.”
Marchand ruled that Trump’s legal team and “staff and consultants” had access to juror names.
Trump’s team did not respond to requests for comment. Carroll’s attorney declined to comment.
