E. Jean Carroll paid $5.8M following Trump sex abuse and defamation case

E. Jean Carroll has collected more than $5.6 million awarded by a jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. The payment, which includes the $5 million jury award plus interest, was transferred Monday from an escrow account where it had been held since the 2023 verdict, according to court records.

Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, confirmed the payment, stating, "We are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment." Trump's legal team has indicated they will continue their appeals. The funds were placed in escrow shortly after the jury ruled against Trump, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear his appeal, allowing the civil verdict to be finalized.

Trump's lawyers had sought an emergency order to block the payment but were denied. Carroll's lawyers have stated she plans to deposit the money into a retirement account. The jury found Trump sexually assaulted Carroll in a department store dressing room in 1996 and defamed her when she publicly shared her story in a 2019 memoir. Trump has consistently denied the allegations, calling Carroll's claims false and politically motivated.

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We are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment.