• Judge orders Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million after a jury's ruling.
• Trump's appeal efforts to delay payment have been refused by the Supreme Court.
• Carroll’s lawyers argued the funds should be released after three years of legal battles.

A federal judge has authorized writer E. Jean Carroll to receive $5.8 million, following a jury's verdict that found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in 2023. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the release of the money, which had been held in escrow while Trump appealed the case, with interest accrued since the verdict, according to Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, BBC, and South China Morning Post.

This ruling comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal regarding the 2023 civil verdict. Carroll's legal team had argued for the immediate release of the funds, asserting that continuing to delay payment only served to prolong the injustice she faced following the jury's unanimous verdict, as noted in statements made by Carroll's attorney Al Jazeera, and reported by Los Angeles Times.

Trump's team has filed a new petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to hear his appeal. His lawyers argue that Carroll should not receive her payment until the Supreme Court has had a chance to review the case, claiming that if she donates the money, it could create irreparable harm if the verdict were later overturned, according to South China Morning Post and BBC.

Carroll's allegations date back to an incident in the mid-1990s, when she accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room. Following the trial, the jury awarded her over $5 million for the abuse and defamation, which Trump vehemently denies, labeling the claims and legal proceedings as a "hoax," as detailed in accounts from CBS News and Los Angeles Times.