E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.62 million Payment From Trump In Civil Case

Writer E. Jean Carroll is now cashing a Trump check after receiving a payout of $5,625,005.48 from President Donald Trump over her first successful civil suit against him. This payment finalized the judgment from her 2023 civil trial, where a federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

“Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll,” said Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, in a statement. “Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict.” 

The total amount disbursed covers the original $5 million jury award plus roughly $625,000 in accrued interest.

Trump originally deposited the money into a court-controlled escrow account three years prior to pause collection during his appeals process.

But the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Trump’s appeal. Following this, federal Judge Lewis Kaplan officially ordered the immediate release of the funds, rejecting Trump’s last-minute attempts to delay the transfer.

Carroll accused the president of assaulting her in a luxury Manhattan department store dressing room 30 years ago. Trump maintained that he never met Carroll and said that she fabricated the entire story. 

Carroll first came forward publicly with her accusations toward Trump during his first term in 2019. Since then, she has sued Trump twice, winning a verdict in both New York trials. 

This $5.6 million disbursement only covers the first of Carroll’s two major legal victories against Trump. A separate civil trial resulted in an additional $83.3 million defamation judgment against Trump. That larger sum remains tied up in the appeals process.