Writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The payment, including interest, was made from an escrow account after the Supreme Court let the civil verdict stand.
The payment marks a significant step in the legal battles between E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump, with the funds from a 2023 verdict finally being transferred to Carroll despite ongoing appeals.
Writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, according to court records and her lawyers. The payment, representing the $5 million jury award plus interest, was made Monday from an escrow account where it had been held since the 2023 verdict. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, confirmed the payment, stating, "We are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment." Carroll herself later wrote on Substack that "the eagle has landed." Trump's lawyers had sought an emergency order to block the payment, but it was denied. The U.S. Supreme Court recently let the civil verdict stand, clearing the way for Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to release the money. Trump's attorneys have since filed another appeal seeking to stop or reverse the payment. The jury found Trump attacked Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2019 after she wrote about it in a memoir. Trump has maintained that nothing sexual happened and has accused her of political motives. Trump is also appealing an $83 million defamation compensation award granted to Carroll by a separate Manhattan jury in 2024.
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