- Donald Trump has to cut a fat check, and his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict won’t delay that.
- Within 30 days of the judge’s written judgment, Trump has to turn over either cash or a bond.
- While he appeals the verdict, Carroll can’t touch that money — but neither can Trump.
In this case, Carroll can start taking possession of his assets herself. She does not seem particularly sheepish about that. For some of these people, they can hide their assets, but Trump’s are publicly known. I can’t say what will happen, but there’s some teeth to this one. And Trump couldn’t argue with the damages amount because he’d risk losing one of his other cases that hinges on his assets’ worth.
Also, I think it would mean she immediately gets the $5m that Trump had to put in escrow (which essentially means the court can dispense this without any action from Trump)