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Judge orders Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million judgment

Published July 9, 2026 at 8:14 AM UTC

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A federal judge in New York has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The payment, which includes nearly $800,000 in accrued interest, was released from a court-controlled account where it had been held since the 2023 verdict. Trump's legal team immediately appealed the decision, seeking to delay the payment further. The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear Trump's appeal, allowing the judgment to stand. Carroll alleged that Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department store in 1996 and defamed her after she publicly discussed the incident in a 2019 memoir. Trump has consistently denied the allegations, calling them false and politically motivated. In addition to the $5 million judgment, Trump faces a separate $83 million defamation award from a 2024 trial, which he is also appealing.