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Judge Orders Release of Trump’s $5M Payment to E. Jean Carroll for Sexual Abuse and Defamation

HeadlineJul 09, 2026

A federal judge has ruled that E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million from President Donald Trump. The money has been held in escrow since a jury found that Trump had sexually abused and defamed her. The judge’s ruling comes a week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal of the verdict. E. Jean Carroll had sued Trump for sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

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