A US court has ordered that writer E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8 million (€5 million) in damages, years after a jury found US President Donald Trump guilty of sexually assaulting and defaming her.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that the money, which had long been held in escrow, be released to the former Elle Magazine columnist.
"Defendant has been stalling this case for years," Kaplan wrote, detailing his decision. "It is time for him to 'do equity' and pay the judgment," the memorandum read.
This comes after the US Supreme Court refused to hear Trump's appeal against the original verdict in 2023, which ordered him to pay $2 million in damages for sexual assault and $3 million for defamatory statements.
The remaining $800,000 is interest accrued.
