Donald Trump has ended his court challenge over the payment of the $5 million civil verdict awarded to E Jean Carroll in their 2023 case, according to a new filing in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The latest step is procedural because the money had already been released to Carroll. The Second Circuit said the parties agreed to dismiss the appeal with prejudice and that Trump withdrew his request for a stay that had sought to prevent or delay the payment.
A Manhattan federal judge ordered the funds released in July after the US Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal of the 2023 verdict. Court-held funds had grown to about $5.8 million with accrued interest before they were released.
The Supreme Court later rejected Trump’s request for a rehearing in August, leaving the 2023 civil verdict in place. A jury had found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her in statements made in 2022.
The latest development concerns that $5 million award and its payment. It does not resolve a separate case in which another jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages in 2024 over defamatory statements made by Trump in 2019. Trump continues to challenge that separate award.
Trump has consistently denied Carroll’s allegations and has described the legal proceedings as politically motivated. His legal team reiterated those criticisms in a statement reported by The Guardian.
With the Second Circuit appeal over the $5 million payment now dismissed with prejudice, the latest court action closes Trump’s challenge to the distribution of that award.
