Judge orders release of over $5 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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A federal judge ordered that more than $5 million in damages awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll be released to her, despite former President Donald Trump's attempts to delay payment.
A New York federal judge ordered that the court-controlled account holding more than $5 million in damages for writer E. Jean Carroll be released to her, with interest. The damages stem from a 2023 jury verdict that found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation.
Trump had sought to postpone the payment while asking the Supreme Court to revisit its decision not to hear his appeal. He later appealed the order to release the funds to a federal appeals court.
Carroll, an 82-year-old former magazine columnist, alleged that Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department-store dressing room in the mid-1990s and later denied the claim on social media, prompting the defamation claim.
"The American People stand with President Trump as they demand an immediate end to all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes," a spokesman for Trump’s legal team said.
"President Trump will keep winning against Liberal Lawfare, as he continues to focus on his mission to Make America Great Again," the spokesman added.
A federal appeals court previously upheld the jury’s verdict, finding no error by the trial judge. Trump is also contesting a separate defamation judgment that awarded Carroll nearly $84 million, which a panel of judges denied his appeal to overturn.