E. Jean Carroll, an author and columnist, leaves the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan, Sept. 6, 2024. President Donald Trump has paid Carroll $5.6 million that was owed to her as a result of a jury’s finding that he was liable for sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
Share
|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
President Donald Trump has paid writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million that was owed to her as a result of a jury’s finding that he was liable for sexually assaulting her in a New York City department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show.
The money, which had been held in escrow while Trump appealed the 2023 jury award, was disbursed to Carroll last week, according to a note added to the online court docket in the case Tuesday.
The payment came after the U.S. Supreme Court declined the president’s latest attempt to appeal the verdict, which prompted the judge overseeing the case to order that the money be released to Carroll.
Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that she and her client were “pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict.”
The White House press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
—
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
By Ed Shanahan/Dave Sanders
c. 2026 The New York Times Company
RELATED TOPICS:
Categories
Steam Down for Thousands of Users Tuesday, Downdetector Reports
