Trump's Payout: What This Means for the Culture of Accountability US District Judge Lewis Kaplan's decision to release $5. 8 million from escrow to satisfy E.
Jean Carroll's 2023 civil verdict against Donald Trump marks a significant turning point in the ongoing saga of this high profile defamation and abuse case.
The case has been a long time coming, with Carroll first accusing Trump of rape in 2019. Her accusations were initially met with skepticism by the former president, who dismissed them as "fake news.