Writer Carroll to collect millions from Donald Trump

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that

President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Trump's lawyers immediately appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from being made.

Trump deposited the money in an account shortly after a jury ruled against him in 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court

recently let the civil verdict stand, clearing the way for Judge Lewis A. Kaplan

to release the money. The initial $5 million award has grown with interest.