New York, New York - President Donald Trump has officially paid off the $5.6 million he owed after losing a sexual abuse and defamation case to writer E. Jean Carroll.
According to CNBC, a notice on the online docket in Carroll's case against Trump in US District Court in lower Manhattan indicates that $5,625,005.48 was disbursed to pay the law firm of Carroll's attorney on July 9.
In a statement, Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said her client is "pleased" after receiving payment from the verdict.
Carroll filed her suit during Trump's first term in office, alleging he sexually abused her in the dressing room of a department store in the 1990s.
In 2023, the jury in the case ruled that Trump was liable for rape and defamation and ordered him to pay Carroll $5 million.
Trump has tried repeatedly to have the case dismissed, but to no avail. Last month, the Supreme Court rejected Trump's request for an appeal, bringing the trial to its official conclusion.
In a separate case, Trump was found liable for defaming Carroll a second time immediately after losing the first case and was ordered to pay an astounding $83.3 million.
He asked the court to dismiss that case in May, but has yet to receive a response.
In both cases, Trump has tried to change the defendant of the cases from himself to the US government, so that the court could rule he has presidential "immunity" that would save him from having to pay the judgments.