Crime & Justice
E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
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E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
A Manhattan federal court has released over $5.6m from Donald Trump that E Jean Carroll was awarded in her 2023 trial, with the funds disbursed on July 9.
- The funds were released from a court-held account on July 9, one day after Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release.
- The Supreme Court denied Trump's appeal on June 29, which under the escrow agreement allowed the money to be released to Carroll.
- Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan stated that Carroll has received the damages payment from the jury verdict.
- Trump has denied wrongdoing and has been fighting the release of the money since June 2023.
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