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E. Jean Carroll collects $5.6M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- E. Jean Carroll has received over $5.6 million awarded by a jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, including the $5 million verdict plus interest held in escrow since 2023.
- The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the civil verdict to stand, enabling the release of the funds, while Trump’s lawyers continue to pursue appeals to block or reverse the payment.
- Carroll alleges Trump sexually assaulted her in 1996 and defamed her after she publicly shared the story in 2019; Trump denies the allegations and did not attend the trial.
- Carroll plans to place the received damages into a retirement account, and Trump is also appealing a separate $83 million defamation award granted to Carroll in a 2024 trial.
- The case proceeded after New York changed laws to allow survivors to sue for past sexual abuse, and Carroll has publicly identified herself, waiving the usual anonymity for abuse survivors.
