E Jean Carroll lawyer warns Trump plans to turn damages trial into ‘circus’

Letter accuses ex-president of intending to sow chaos' next week, while Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400,000

Donald Trump's legal woes continued to mount as a lawyer in an upcoming defamation case asked a judge to ensure the former president does not disrupt imminent legal proceedings - and, in a separate issue, he was ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to the New York Times.

In the first of those two cases, a lawyer for E Jean Carroll - a columnist who last year won a $5m jury award against Trump for sexual abuse - urged a judge to take strong measures to ensure Trump does not sow chaos" when a new jury considers next week if he owes even more in damages.