Trump wants delay but E. Jean Carroll wants to gets paid — now: Court filing

E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York as her defamation suit against Donald Trump continues in New York City on Jan. 26, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The writer E. Jean Carroll is seeking the prompt release of the nearly $5.8 million she is owed from a civil jury verdict holding President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, a new court filing by her lawyers said. But Trump wants to delay that so he can potentially ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal Monday to hear his appeal , according to the filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan . Such a request is rarely granted. And Carroll flatly rejects the suggestion she allow any further delay in her getting paid. "This is the end of the line," Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan wrote in the filing Tuesday night to District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan , asking him to order the release of funds set aside by Trump to satisfy the May 2023 jury verdict . "To date, Carroll has agreed to each of Defendant's many requests to delay the payment he owes her," wrote Kaplan, who is not related to the judge. …