The order comes days weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the president’s request to review the trial and verdict.
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll the $5 million he owes her after she successfully sued him for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault.
Trump sought to get out of the payment at the last minute, filing a request late Tuesday to delay it while he asks the Supreme Court to rehear his case. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied that request and ordered the court clerk to disburse $5 million from an account Trump previously paid into.
In his opposition, Trump had claimed the payment would cause him “irreparable harm” while “not improperly disadvantaging” Carroll.
The Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to review the case in June.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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