Former US President Donald Trump is currently trying by all means possible to postpone a huge fine – the reason may be his ailing finances. But now a US federal judge has rejected his request to delay the enforcement of an $83.3 million judgment in the defamation case against writer E. Jean Carroll.
“Mr. Trump’s current situation is the result of his own delaying tactics,” said U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, explaining his decision. Trump had sought to delay the execution of the verdict and only filed his motions to dismiss the verdict on Tuesday.
According to Kaplan, Trump should not have waited until 25 days after the ruling to request a postponement. The judge’s decision now increases pressure on the former US president to pay the bail expected from him.
Trump has not demonstrated “irreparable damage.”
In their Jan. 26 verdict, jurors agreed with E. Jean Carroll, a former columnist for Elle magazine, that Trump defamed her in June 2019 by denying that he met her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Manhattan had met. have raped.
Judge Kaplan made the ruling official on February 8, giving Trump 30 days to post $24.5 million bail or raise cash while he appeals.
Trump also has not shown that he could suffer “irreparable harm” if he had to post bail. Trump’s lawyers and a spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Carroll’s attorney declined to comment on the case.
Source: Krone
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