Trump pays US$5 mn to writer for assault, defamation
The payment follows the US Supreme Court's decision to reject Trump's appeal, making the 2023 verdict final.
Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York, US, Sep 6, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS/Adam Gray)
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has paid US$5.6 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after a civil jury found he sexually assaulted and defamed her, a court filing showed Tuesday (Jul 14).
"Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll," Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan said 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," she added.
The US Supreme Court in late June refused to hear Trump's appeal against the original May 2023 judgment, essentially making that decision final.
Carroll, a former journalist and columnist who is now 82, accused the president of assaulting her in a dressing room of a New York department store in 1996.
When the allegations were published in a 2019 book, the Republican billionaire called her a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case.
In a separate defamation case in New York, Trump was ordered to pay US$83.3 million to Carroll. That judgment was upheld on appeal, but its enforcement remains suspended.
