Carroll Receives $5.8 Million Escrow Release After Supreme Court Declines Trump Appeal

A federal judge ordered the release of $5.8 million held in escrow to writer E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed her. The funds, plus interest, come from a 2023 verdict and have sat in court-ordered escrow for over three years even as Trump’s team pursued a rehearing. Separately, Carroll was awarded about $83.3 million in damages for defamation in another proceeding, which Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court as well. Judge Lewis Kaplan criticized Trump’s delays and said it was time to pay the judgment, prompting the release of the escrow funds.