NEW YORK, July 15: Three years after a court ruled that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted and defamed US author E Jean Carroll in 1996, the then real estate tycoon-turned US president on Tuesday paid her the multimillion-dollar compensation awarded by the court.
Carroll received around US$5.6 million, according to court documents and her lawyer. This consists of the US$5 million compensation award Trump was ordered to pay in 2023 plus the interest that has accrued since then, reported German news agency dpa.
In 2023, a New York jury found that Trump had attacked the US author in 1996 at an upscale department store in New York, sexually abused her and later defamed her. He was ordered to pay damages of US$5 million.
Trump has always denied the allegations. The claims were time-barred under criminal law, but the civil legal route remained open.
Trump had previously failed in several attempts to challenge the verdict and stop the payout.
However, because the US Supreme Court has not yet had the final word, the 82-year-old Carroll will initially invest the money, her lawyer said.
A Supreme Court decision is also still pending in another ruling that awarded Carroll US$83 million from Trump.
–BERNAMA-dpa