Writer E. Jean Carroll finally received $5.62 million, including interest, as compensation for sexual abuse and defamation, three years after a federal jury determined that President Donald Trump was responsible for both acts in a case that set a precedent in the United States.

According to information from CBS News and court documents, the money remained protected in an account controlled by the court while the latest legal appeals presented by Trump were resolved. However, the United States Supreme Court refused to review the case on June 29, allowing the funds to be released.

The legal battle that began in 2019

The dispute began in 2019, when E. Jean Carroll went public with the accusation that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a changing room at the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York during the 1990s. In May 2023, a jury unanimously concluded that the evidence supported the claims of sexual abuse and defamation.

Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, celebrated the outcome of the process.

"Three years ago, a unanimous jury found President Trump responsible for sexual assault and defamation against E. Jean Carroll. Today we are pleased to report that he has received the compensation that the jury awarded him," he said in a statement cited by the aforementioned media.

After the payment was confirmed, Carroll reacted on her Substack account with a brief message: "We won! This victory is for all the women in the world."

Trump has another appeal pending

Although this litigation was resolved with the payment of compensation, Donald Trump still maintains an appeal of another ruling issued in January 2024, when another federal jury ordered him to pay an additional $83 million for new defamatory statements against Carroll.

The president has denied the accusations at all times and his lawyers have announced that they will seek to take this second case also before the Supreme Court.