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Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- US President Donald Trump has paid writer E Jean Carroll over $5.62 million in damages following a civil case where he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
- The payment includes the original $5 million awarded by a New York jury in 2023 plus accrued interest during the appeals process.
- Trump attempted to delay the payment by seeking Supreme Court reconsideration, but the court declined to hear his appeal, and the judge ordered the damages to be paid.
- Carroll accused Trump of assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defaming her on his social media platform; Trump has consistently denied the allegations.
- Trump's legal team criticized the ruling as politically motivated, but both a federal appeals court and the Supreme Court upheld the verdict, allowing Carroll to receive the damages.
