Three years after a jury ruled against Donald Trump, the legal battle has reached another major milestone.
The question now isn’t who won the case—it’s when the money changes hands.
A federal judge has ordered that writer E. Jean Carroll receive more than $5.8 million, including interest.
A court found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing and defaming her.
Judge Lewis Kaplan instructed court officials to release the funds from an account.
Trump had deposited the money there while pursuing appeals.
Trump had sought to delay the payment in hopes the US Supreme Court would reconsider the case, but those efforts failed.
Case Returns To Spotlight
His legal team dismissed the ruling, calling it a “Democrat-funded travesty” and insisting the president would continue fighting what they described as “Liberal Lawfare.”
Trump has already appealed the latest order.
Carroll, now 82, accused Trump of assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.
She later accused him of defaming her by publicly denying the allegations.
A New York jury sided with Carroll, and a federal appeals court later upheld the verdict.
The legal saga isn’t over either. Trump is also challenging a separate judgment ordering him to pay Carroll nearly $84 million in another defamation case.
Courtroom battles may end with verdicts—but for high-profile cases like this, the final chapter often arrives only after the appeals do.
