by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 26 – During the "Carroll II" trial of E. Jean Carroll versus Donald Trump, both sides put in exhibits, but no defense exhibits were made available to the public or press, see Inner City Press filing and below.
On May 11, Trump filed a notice of appeal to the 2d Circuit "from [178] Judgment,,. Document filed by Donald J. Trump. Filing fee $ 505.00, receipt number ANYSDC-27729258. Form C and Form D are due within 14 days to the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit."
On May 22, Carroll's lawyer filed a proposed schedule for the earlier, Carroll I case, with briefing through July 31. Letter on Patreon here.
On May 24, Judge Kaplan set a schedule: "ORDER, 1.Any response to plaintiff's letter of May 22, 2023 shall be filed on or before May 26, 2023."
On May 26, Trump's lawyer Alina Habba wrote that "by filing the Motion to Amend the Complaint (“Motion to Amend”), Plaintiff is seeking to “retrofit” the jury verdict for Carroll II into the Complaint for Carroll I, in order to alter the entire nature of Carroll I at the eleventh hour, following the completion of discovery, pre-trial motion practice, and a fully briefed Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Defendant, inter alia. Plainly stated, the jury in Carroll II found that the alleged rape did not occur. However, the entire Complaint in Carroll I contains allegations of purported defamatory statements arising from this precise allegation – not a purported sexual assault." Full letter on Patreon here.
On May 9, after less than three hours of deliberation, the jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million damages. Inner City Press live tweeted it, thread here
Hours later, Inner City Press published the first book about the trial, "Trump Trial I: Press Access Hollywood in the SDNY Court," by Matthew Russell Lee, e-book here, paperback soon here
On May 4, Inner City Press filed a written request to Judge Louis A. Kaplan, copied to each party, requesting that the exhibit be released, and several motions be unsealed.
On Friday May 5, Carroll's counsel made some but not all exhibits available to the press on DropBox, including portions of her deposition of Donald Trump.
Inner City Press published that on YouTube, it was reported for example here.
On Sunday, May 7 before 5 pm, Inner City Press filed this
Carroll I is Carroll v. Trump, 20-cv-7311 (Kaplan)
More on Substack here.
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