They say that crime does not pay. In this case, the guilty must pay the victim, thanks to a justice system that Trump is trying to undermine.
His own hard-right Supreme Court took his appeal and UNANIMOUSLY threw it in the trash.
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E. Jean Carroll attorneys say 'time for him to pay' after SCOTUS rejects Trump appeal
AARON KATERSKY
Wed, July 1, 2026
Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday asked a federal judge to order President Donald Trump to pay her the $5 million judgment a Manhattan jury said she is owed after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week, with no dissents, declined to hear Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
Carroll's attorneys said in a new court filing that Trump's lawyers told them the president may ask the Supreme Court to reconsider.
"Defendant's counsel contacted Carroll's undersigned counsel to inquire whether Carroll would consent to a further stay of enforcement of the judgment in this action so that Defendant can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of certiorari in her case," Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote.
"[A]fter four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," Kaplan wrote. "And under the Court's Stipulation and Order, Carroll is now entitled to obtain payment of the money due under the judgment."
Cheney Orr/Reuters - PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court, June 29, 2026.
In a post on his social media platform after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, Trump vowed to continue to fight the case.
"I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength," Trump said in the post.
A New York jury in 2023 held Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s and defaming her in 2022 when he denied her claim, and decided she is entitled to $5 million in damages.
The money has been held in escrow pending the outcome of Trump's appeal.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo - PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2026.
"Defendant Trump obtained a stay of execution pending appeal only by explicitly agreeing that the funds placed in the Court's account would be disbursed upon the conditions set out in the Stipulation and Order. Those conditions were satisfied when the Supreme Court denied his petition for certiorari," Kaplan wrote, adding "It is time for him to pay Carroll."
In his appeal, Trump had argued that the judge in the case should not have allowed the jury to view an excerpt from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump is heard describing lewd behavior that he downplayed as "locker room talk."
Trump also faulted the trial judge for allowing testimony from two women -- Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff -- who claimed that Trump had sexually assaulted them, which Trump denies.
E. Jean Carroll attorneys say 'time for him to pay' after SCOTUS rejects Trump appeal
AARON KATERSKY
Wed, July 1, 2026
Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday asked a federal judge to order President Donald Trump to pay her the $5 million judgment a Manhattan jury said she is owed after he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week, with no dissents, declined to hear Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
Carroll's attorneys said in a new court filing that Trump's lawyers told them the president may ask the Supreme Court to reconsider.
"Defendant's counsel contacted Carroll's undersigned counsel to inquire whether Carroll would consent to a further stay of enforcement of the judgment in this action so that Defendant can ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of certiorari in her case," Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan wrote.
"[A]fter four years of litigation across every level of the federal court system, it is time for this case to end," Kaplan wrote. "And under the Court's Stipulation and Order, Carroll is now entitled to obtain payment of the money due under the judgment."
Cheney Orr/Reuters - PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court, June 29, 2026.
In a post on his social media platform after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, Trump vowed to continue to fight the case.
"I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength," Trump said in the post.
A New York jury in 2023 held Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s and defaming her in 2022 when he denied her claim, and decided she is entitled to $5 million in damages.
The money has been held in escrow pending the outcome of Trump's appeal.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo - PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2026.
"Defendant Trump obtained a stay of execution pending appeal only by explicitly agreeing that the funds placed in the Court's account would be disbursed upon the conditions set out in the Stipulation and Order. Those conditions were satisfied when the Supreme Court denied his petition for certiorari," Kaplan wrote, adding "It is time for him to pay Carroll."
In his appeal, Trump had argued that the judge in the case should not have allowed the jury to view an excerpt from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump is heard describing lewd behavior that he downplayed as "locker room talk."
[In 2005, Trump was recorded as telling Billy Bush (as released by The Washington Post in October 2016): "I moved on her actually... I did try and fuck her, she was married," referring to Nancy O'Dell in Palm Beach, and later added, "I moved on her like a bitch. I couldn't get there and she was married. She's now got the big phony tits and everything," Trump then claimed: "You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful... I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything." When Bush responded, "Whatever you want," Trump concluded: "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."]
Trump also faulted the trial judge for allowing testimony from two women -- Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff -- who claimed that Trump had sexually assaulted them, which Trump denies.
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Lawyers for President Trump asked for writer E. Jean Carroll's consent to delay the $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury, and signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal of Carroll's sexual abuse and defamation case, according to an attorney for Carroll.
Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote in a court filing Tuesday that Mr. Trump's lawyer called her with the request Monday, soon after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. Later Monday, Kaplan wrote, she informed Mr. Trump's team that "Carroll does not consent," and asked whether the president would agree to the immediate disbursement of the funds Carroll has waited years to receive.
In a separate filing Tuesday, Kaplan asked a judge to set a faster-than-normal schedule to disburse $5 million in damages awarded to her by a 2023 jury, which found Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Kaplan wrote that Carroll is also due an additional $779,783 in interest.
Kaplan said she intends to motion the federal court in New York for the funds' release, and requested "that the court direct [Trump] to respond to the motion within seven days, or by July 7, 2026, rather than the usual fourteen days."
She pointed to a June 2023 filing in which she said the two sides agreed Carroll could collect if the Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case. The court did so Monday.
Kaplan also cited the cost to Carroll of "further delay in this nearly four-year-old litigation."
CBS News has reached out to Mr. Trump's legal team.
Carroll seemingly triumphed over Mr. Trump Monday when the nation's highest court declined to hear his appeal. The president had spent three years appealing the unanimous federal jury's conclusion — reached in under three hours — that he, more likely than not, sexually abused Carroll by forcibly inserting his fingers into her during a 1990s encounter in a department store.
Mr. Trump, who vehemently denies Carroll's allegations, has claimed he didn't know Carroll and "she's not my type." His denials and claims about Carroll were central to her defamation allegations. The jury watched a moment in Mr. Trump's videotaped deposition when he was shown a late-1980s photo that depicted Mr. Trump and Carroll in conversation with their then-spouses. In the deposition, he mistakenly identified Carroll as his ex-wife Marla Maples. Kaplan argued it was proof Carroll was indeed Mr. Trump's "type."
The $5 million has been held in a court-controlled bank account in the years since.
Carroll celebrated the Supreme Court's decision Monday in a brief note on her Substack blog, writing in all capital letters, "WE WON!"
"THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!" Carroll wrote.
Mr. Trump also appealed a separate federal jury's January 2024 decision finding him liable for other defamatory statements against Carroll. That jury awarded her another $83 million.
Lawyers for Mr. Trump have indicated they will also bring that case to the Supreme Court.
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