When is the deadline for Trump to pay the $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll? What happens if he doesn’t pay?
A federal judge has denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay the enforcement of the $83.3 million verdict in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case.
A federal judge has denied Donald Trump’s request for a temporary delay in the enforcement of penalties in writer E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation case.
The decision by New York Judge Lewis Kaplan leaves the former president only three days to pay or line up an acceptable bond for the entire amount in the judgment. Trump had been given until Monday to post the money needed to comply with the ruling.
A jury awarded the writer the $88.3 million in January after deciding that Trump defamed her as he denied her claim that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
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What happens if Donald Trump doesn’t pay the $83.3 million penalty to E. Jean Carroll?
Trump already owes Carroll $5 million for the first defamation case she filed against him. He has already deposited this smaller amount into an account controlled by the court. However, the writer will not be able to access this money until all appeals instigated by Trump’s legal team have wrapped up. The appeals process could potentially reach the US Supreme Court.
The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination has two options to deal with the $83.3 million judgment: he can deposit the full amount, or put up a bond that would allow him to pay only a fraction of the total. However, this would rack up interest and other fees.
If the former president refuses to pay what he legally owes in the judgment, Carroll could request discovery under Judge Kaplan’s jurisdiction. This option could force Trump to furnish the court with his bank account records. This could also result in having his assets seized and his wages garnished.
Trump has already run up more than half a billion dollars in legal debts due to various cases. Another New York judge ordered him in February to pay $355 million in fines plus interest in a separate civil fraud trial.