Judge approves Trump's $92M bond in NY defamation case

The $93 million bond posted by former President Trump following a guilty verdict in his New York defamation case has been accepted by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.

Former President Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at the New York Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Trump is appealing the January decision to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan.

He has continued vehemently denying Carroll's claim that he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in 1996.

A jury found him liable for $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll for defaming her through previous statements attacking her credibility — $18.3 million in compensatory damages, and $65 million in punitive damages.

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E. Jean Carroll, center, and attorney Roberta Kaplan, right, are seen leaving Manhattan Federal Court in New York City. (GWR/Star Max/GC Images)

A federal jury in New York City decided last year that Trump was not liable for rape but was liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

The former president was ordered to pay $5 million in that trial.

Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com

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