Writer E. Jean Carroll has received some $5.625 million in her sexual abuse and defamation case against President Trump \u2014 a payment that was delayed for years as Trump filed appeals in the civil case.<\/p>\n
\nA federal jury in Manhattan awarded Carroll $5 million in damages<\/a> in 2023, after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her. The final payment includes three years’ worth of interest.<\/p>\n \n“Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll,” Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan said in a statement to NPR. “Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict.”<\/p>\n \nThe White House referred NPR’s requests for comment to Trump’s personal lawyers. Those attorneys did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on the case.<\/p>\n \nIn a 2019 memoir, Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in 1996. After she leveled that charge, Trump denied the claim, said he’d never met Carroll, and described her as a liar motivated by ulterior goals. Carroll then filed a lawsuit against Trump accusing him of defamation.<\/p>\n \nCourt records filed on Tuesday show that the money was paid to Carroll and her legal team, after U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the president to pay Carroll<\/a>. His order last week came after the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal<\/a> of the outcome.<\/p>\n