The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million US held in escrow since a jury found that U.S. President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately asked a court to block the payment while they appeal.

E. Jean Carroll is finally set to get justice after a jury concluded that Trump sexually abused and defamed her.

A United States federal judge has ordered that nearly $5.8 million be released to journalist and writer E. Jean Carroll after President Donald Trump lost his appeal in the civil…