Trump attorneys post bond to support $83.3 million award to writer in defamation case

By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 8, 2024.

FILE - E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Carroll have urged a judge, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, to reject former President Donald Trump's efforts to avoid posting security to secure an $83.3 million defamation award won by the writer. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation trial.

Attorney Alina Habba filed papers on Friday with the New York trial judge to show that Trump had secured a $91.6 million bond from the Federal Insurance Co. She simultaneously filed a notice of appeal to show Trump is appealing the verdict to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The posting of the bond was a necessary step to delay payment of the award until the 2nd Circuit can rule.