Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case

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62. Judge Kaplan has granted Carroll's request for an expedited schedule for deciding her motion seeking disbursement

of the damage award held in escrow.

Trump's lawyers asked Carroll's lawyers to agree to a stay pending disposition of a motion for reconsideration of the cert. denial. Carroll's lawyers said no and asked Trump's lawyers if they would agree to the immediate disbursement of the funds. Trump's lawyer said he needed until July 2 to get back to Carroll's lawyer. Rather than wait around, yesterday, Carroll's lawyer filed a motion seeking disbursement of the funds. In addition, Carroll's lawyers asked that the time for Trump to respond to that motion -- normally 14 days -- be shortened to 7 days stating that "given the cost to Plaintiff of further delay in this nearly four-year-old litigation, we submit that there is good cause to adopt a modestly compressed briefing schedule as to payment of the judgment." The judge granted that request for an expedited schedule today, giving Trump until July 7 to respond to Carroll's motion for disbursement.