Judge orders start of $5.8M payout to E. Jean Carroll after Trump’s appeals run dry

A federal judge ordered the nearly $5.8 million owed to E. Jean Carroll to be paid from a court‑monitored escrow after Trump exhausted his appeals in the defamation and sexual-abuse case. Carroll was originally awarded $5 million in 2023 and roughly $83 million in 2024, bringing the total close to $90 million and leaving about $6.4 million in escrow with interest. With the Supreme Court having declined to rehear the case, Judge Kaplan moved to start payments, while the Justice Department seeks a pause to argue Trump’s immunity claims; Carroll’s team warns delaying could cause irreparable harm.