MXDonald Trump has paid $5.6 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after she won a 2023 civil case against him for sexual assault and defamation. However, he still owes her an additional $83 million from a subsequent defamation lawsuit, which he has challenged but not yet paid. The payment was made following a unanimous jury verdict in 2020 that found Trump liable for both sexual abuse and defamation. The funds were held in a court-controlled account pending approval for release. A federal judge recently ordered the payment despite attempts by Trump’s legal team to delay the process. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s request to review the lower court’s decision requiring him to pay the $5 million. Carroll, who previously worked as a columnist for Elle magazine, accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a department store fitting room in New York in the mid-1990s. She filed a second lawsuit after Trump continued to attack her online regarding the allegations, leading to the larger $83 million judgment.
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