Appearing on CNN early Monday morning, Roberta Kaplan, the attorney for New York writer E. Jean Carroll laid out her expectations for how Donald Trump will pay the $83.3 million a Manhattan jury awarded her client.
After Carroll described confronting the former president in court — calling him a "nothing" — Kaplan was asked what is next for Trump now that he has to pay up.
According to Kaplan, who is no relation to trial Judge Lewis Kaplan, Trump needs to either pony up the entire amount into a trust while he appeals, or find a bond company to back him, or she is prepared to go after his money if he tries to stall.
"You got awarded over $83 million from this jury," CNN host Poppy Harlow prompted her. "Trump is obviously appealing and he has a right to do that. Big question over the last couple of weeks, does he get a bond or when does your client see that money or some of it?"
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"So he has two choices," the attorney began. "He has to post a bond, which is called an appellate bond, which requires him to put down 20 percent or he has to deposit, which is what he did for the first verdict, the entire amount with the court."
"So $83 million plus 9 percent, so call it $89 million," she added. "If he can't do either of those then we can start collecting right now and we will for sure."
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