Appeals court blocks $83 million to E. Jean Carroll amid Trump appeal

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals this week temporarily blocked an $83 million dollar payment that President Donald Trump owed to E. Jean Carroll in her defamation case while the Supreme Court mulls intervening.

The court order granted Trump's request for a stay, provided he increase his bond by nearly $7.5 million.

Carroll, in 2019, accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman's dressing room some time in the 1990s. She brought separate legal claims for defamation over his denials while in office and after leaving. ---More...

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Appeals court blocks $83 million to E. Jean Carroll amid Trump appeal