Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation
The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.
Trump has disbursed over $5 million (£3.7 million) to E Jean Carroll in damages, three years after being found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil lawsuit, as confirmed by her legal representatives. "Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict," stated Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's attorney, in a brief announcement on Tuesday.
Trump had sought to postpone the payment while attempting to persuade the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to hear an appeal regarding the case. However, a judge overseeing the matter ordered him to make the payment last week. A representative from Trump's legal team chose not to comment on the payment.
Carroll, now 82 and a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan during the mid-1990s, and subsequently defaming her in a 2022 post on Truth Social where he denied her allegations. In 2023, a jury in New York awarded Carroll damages based on her claims, which Trump has denied.
Following the verdict, Trump placed the damages into a court-controlled account, where they remained during the appeals process. Last week, Trump's attorneys criticized the judge's decision mandating the payment, labeling the case a "hoax" and a "Witch Hunt," which they claimed was financed by Democrats.