Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M in damages from Trump verdict

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29. msn: Judge orders release of the $5.8 million payment that Trump owed E Jean Carroll

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Judge orders release of the $5.8 million payment that Trump owed E Jean Carroll

Story by Dareh Gregorian • 23m •

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-orders-release-of-the-5-8-million-payment-that-trump-owed-e-jean-carroll/ar-AA27uM9T?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c4e1bfa275a54b28af6bdec0fe0487d7&cvpid=6a4e95799f014751b4b6183b37262850

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that E. Jean Carroll can receive the $5.8 million awarded to her after a 2023 jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and later defamed her when he denied her allegations.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan directed the release of the money from a court escrow account, along with the interest that has accrued since the verdict, after the Supreme Court refused last week to hear the president’s appeal of the award.


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The case arose from a 2022 suit Carroll filed in New York alleging that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store after a chance encounter in 1996. The defamation claims stemmed from comments he made about her after his first term in office, including calling her claims as a “con job” and “hoax.” He maintains he does not know Carroll and didn’t commit any wrongdoing.