• A judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
• The order allows Carroll to collect damages after the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal on the matter.
• Trump has continued to challenge the verdicts in separate lawsuits related to defamation and abuse claims.

A federal judge, Lewis Kaplan, has authorized the payment of $5.8 million to E. Jean Carroll, stemming from a civil verdict where a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her nearly three years ago. This decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal on June 29, effectively upholding the jury's ruling made in May 2023, which also included accrued interest on the original amount of $5 million awarded to Carroll, according to CBS News, BBC, and LA Times.

Despite the court's ruling, Trump has sought to delay the disbursement of the funds, arguing that Carroll should not receive the money until the Supreme Court reviews his renewed petition to overturn the verdict. His legal team contends that Carroll’s intention to donate the award would result in "irreparable harm" should the verdict be overturned later, as recovering the funds afterwards would be improbable, according to South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, and Le Monde.

Carroll's legal team has emphasized that the decision to release the money marks a significant moment in a prolonged legal battle, where Carroll has accused Trump of assaulting her in the mid-1990s and making defamatory statements against her in recent years. Notably, this ruling follows other legal setbacks for Trump, including an $83.3 million jury award to Carroll in a separate defamation case, which is currently under appeal, according to CBS News, BBC, and LA Times.