President Donald Trump officially paid magazine writer E. Jean Carroll more than $5.6 million that he owed her after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
More than three years after the jury’s verdict, the president transferred $5,625,005.48 to Carroll on July 9, according to a court filing submitted in the case Tuesday.
“Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll. Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict,” Roberta Kaplan, an attorney representing Carroll, said in a statement.
The millions of dollars in damages, plus interest, had been held in a court-controlled bank account since the verdict came down in 2023.
But earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the president to finally pay Carroll after Trump exhausted his appeals in the case.
The Supreme Court, which has typically been friendly to Trump, had also rejected the president’s request for justices to intervene, which Carroll called “A WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!”
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