Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll

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27. Once again, Raw Story gets its facts wrong. The court has not ordered payment to Carroll to be made on July 7

And notwithstanding what Raw Story claims, neither the court records nor Roger Perloff make such a claim. What the court records, and Parloff, have stated is that the court rejected a request from Trump to delay the deadline for Trump's response to Carroll's motion seeking the disbursement of the funds currently held by the court pursuant to the agreement reached between Trump and Carroll in 2023.

The court hasn't yet decided whether to release the funds. I expect it will do so, but it has to receive and consider Trump's response first. As explained elsewhere in this thread, under the terms of the 2023 agreement between Trump and Carroll providing for the deposit of $5+ million to the registry, release of the funds to Carroll requires either a motion to the court or a stipulation of the parties. Trump, obviously, is not stipulating to the release of the funds, so Carroll has filed a motion. And under the rules of the court, Trump is entitled to file a response to that motion. Ordinarily, that response would be due in 14 days, but Carroll sought, and over Trump's objection, obtained an order reducing the time for Trump to respond from 14 days to 7 days. So Trump has to respond by July 7 and at that point, the judge can decide whether or not the funds should be released to Carroll or whether there is any reason not to do so at this time.