Judge orders Trump's $5m damages be released to E Jean Carroll
Summary
A judge has ordered that President Donald Trump pay over $5 million to writer E Jean Carroll. This money comes from a civil case where Trump was found responsible for sexually abusing and defaming her, and the funds were held in a court account during appeals.Key Facts
- Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of more than $5 million owed to E Jean Carroll.
- The money was held in a court-controlled account after Trump deposited it following the ruling.
- President Trump was found liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s and defaming her later.
- Carroll won the damages in a 2023 New York jury trial.
- Trump denied the allegations and tried to delay payment by seeking Supreme Court review.
- A federal appeals court upheld the original verdict and rejected Trump's request for a new trial.
- Trump’s legal team criticized the case as politically motivated but did not stop the release order.
- Carroll is an 82-year-old former magazine columnist who claimed the abuse happened in a Manhattan department store.
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