Trump Finally Pays Carroll $5.62 Million After Supreme Court Closes the Door

After more than three years of legal wrangling, E. Jean Carroll has her money. On July 14, 2026, Trump transferred $5.62 million to Carroll—the original $5 million jury award plus interest that accumulated while his lawyers fought to overturn the verdict. The U.S. Supreme Court ended that fight when it declined to hear Trump’s appeal on June 29, leaving the 2023 civil judgment intact and clearing the way for the funds, which had been sitting in a court-controlled account, to finally reach Carroll’s hands.

This payment closes one chapter in a case that has reshaped how defamation and sexual abuse allegations are handled in the public eye. The verdict itself was decisive: a unanimous nine-person jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and for defaming her when he denied the allegations. The jury stopped short of finding him liable for rape under New York’s legal definition—a distinction that mattered legally but didn’t change the core verdict.

Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, released a statement emphasizing the significance of the moment: the jury’s findings were unanimous, and the payment represents a full vindication of that verdict after years of appeal and delay. For Carroll, who has spent nearly a decade bringing this case to light, the payment is vindication. But it’s also a reminder of how protracted legal battles can be, even when the verdict is clear.

Here’s the catch: this isn’t actually the end of the legal saga. Trump is still appealing a separate 2024 jury verdict that ordered him to pay Carroll roughly $83 million for additional defamatory statements he made about her after she first publicly accused him. That case remains in the appeals process, so Carroll’s legal fight is far from finished. The $5.62 million is a major milestone, but the larger battle continues.