Left: E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, leaves a Manhattan federal court after her second defamation trial against former president Donald Trump. (Photo by Jimin Kim/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)/ Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A judge in New York Donald Trump’s $91.63 million bond to pay the writer he defamed and sexually abused, E. Jean Carroll, has been officially approved.
The ex-president has less than a week to finalize the bond details with the clerk for the Southern District of New York, per U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Then, the $88.3 million he owes Carroll will be on hold while his appeal is heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Last week, Trump officially secured the bond with assistance from the Chubb Corporation and the Federal Insurance Company. He also filed his appeal last week, as reported by Law&Crime. reported.
Trump’s appeal was expected as he filed a motion for a new trial alongside other filings made in early March. His lawyers argue that Trump was treated unfairly andmuzzled completely.”
An attorney for Carroll did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.