‘Going To Have To Pay’: E. Jean Carroll Attorney Says Judge Will Force Trump To Pony Up Even If He Has To ‘Sell Something’ Or ‘Get a Loan’

Roberta Kaplan, the attorney for E. Jean Carroll, claimed that Judge Lewis Kaplan will force former President Donald Trump to pay the full $83.3 million he owes her client.

On Friday evening, a New York ruled that Trump was liable for $83.3 million in damages for defaming Carroll. Last May, a jury also found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a department store back in the 1990s and awarded her $5 million in damages.

The question of whether Carroll will ever see any of the money has been the subject of much speculation over the last 24 hours.

But Kaplan on Friday joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper for an interview about the verdict, and especially about the sum owed by Trump. Trump has vowed to appeal the ruling but Kaplan doubted he would succeed.

Cooper asked Kaplan if it’s possible that Trump somehow avoids paying her client by declaring bankruptcy.

COOPER: There have been plenty of cases where a jury awards a huge verdict and it gets knocked down later on. Do you anticipate, E. Jean Carroll actually seeing this money?

KAPLAN: Completely she’ll see this money. So the kinds of ratios that the courts get concerned about are ratios over 6 to 1. Here we’re well within that range.

COOPER: Six to one based on the person’s income?

KAPLAN: Based on the compensatory damages. So here compensatory damages are $18 million. So 65 punitive with 18 million compensatory is not that big of a ratio. And I can’t imagine the court having any problem with it.

COOPER: I mean you also hear you know, there’s been plenty of defendants who have a big judgment against them and somehow finagle a way, declare bankruptcy, or figure out a way not to pay. Do you think he’s going to pay?

KAPLAN: I think he’s going to have to pay. And whether it requires him to sell something or to put a lien on something to get a loan, that’s his problem, not ours. He’s going to pay. And Judge Kaplan, through judgement enforcement mechanisms will make sure that he pays. And indeed, even to take the appeal, he’s going to have to at least put up a bond of 20% of the amount.

Watch the clip above via CNN.