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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge orders Trump’s $5.8M payment to E Jean Carroll after series of court losses in sex-abuse case

E. Jean Carroll will receive nearly $5.8 million from Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered a court-monitored escrow account to begin payments following the president’s failure to appeal a jury’s verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

The president exhausted his appeals in the years-long legal battle after the Supreme Court rejected his request for the justices to take up the case last month. On Wednesday, New York District Judge Lewis Kaplan signed off on the order to begin payments.

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