Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5.6 million this week, fulfilling a jury's verdict. The payment, totaling $5,625,005.48, was transferred on July 9, according to a court filing. This sum covers damages and interest from a 2023 civil lawsuit where a jury found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. A federal judge ordered the payment after the president exhausted his appeals, including a rejection from the Supreme Court. Carroll also won an $83.3 million verdict in a separate 2024 defamation trial against the president, which he is currently appealing. In fullTrump has officially paid E Jean Carroll the $5.6 million he owed her in sex abuse caseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

More than $80 million owed to Carroll is still in dispute in a different case.

United States President, Donald Trump, has paid more than $5.6million to writer E. Jean Carroll after a United States federal court ordered the release of funds following the…