Trump Can’t Delay Carroll Trial While Seeking ‘Frivolous’ Appeal, Judge Rules
- Author won $5 million, now pursuing another case against Trump
- Former president sought delay for appeal on immunity grounds
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Donald Trump can’t delay a defamation case by writer E. Jean Carroll to pursue an appeal, a judge ruled, keeping a January trial date amid a raft of other cases against the former president as he runs to regain the White House.
In the current case brought by Carroll — who won $5 million from Trump in May in a separate civil trial over sexual abuse and defamation — she is seeking $10 million. She alleges he defamed her from the White House in 2019 by calling her a liar for her claim that he raped her more than two decades ago.