Judge orders release of the $5.8 million payment Trump owed E. Jean Carroll

The move came after the president’s attorneys launched a long-shot bid to the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to hear his appeal.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that E. Jean Carroll can receive the $5 million awarded to her and $800,000 in interest after a 2023 jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and later defamed her when he denied her allegations.

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After the Supreme Court refused last week to hear the president’s appeal of the award, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan directed the release of the money, along with the interest accrued since the verdict, from a court escrow account.

The move came after Trump’s attorneys sought to delay the payment for what would have been at least several more months, asking the judge to give them more time before releasing the money while they ask the high court to reconsider its decision.