A federal judge has ruled that E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her. The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the 2023 civil verdict against Trump in the case, allowing the judge to release the money. Trump’s lawyers appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from being made. The jury found Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996, then defamed her after she spoke out in 2019. Trump denies knowing Carroll and accuses her of political motives.