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The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case, three years after a jury found President Trump liable.
NPR – US The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
NPR – US The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
BBC News – World The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.
Sky News – US The writer E Jean Carroll has received a multimillion dollar payout more than three years after she was awarded it by the jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.
Funds released from escrow account after president’s efforts to block sexual abuse and defamation award fail A Manhattan federal court has released more than $5.6m that Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him, records reveal. The disbursement, made public in a 14 July entry on Carroll’s case docket, indicates that the funds were released by a court-held a…
NYTimes – US Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested at Donald Trump’s golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, ahead of a presidential visit. Authorities said he appeared to monitor security preparations, took photos and videos, and was carrying ammunition and an unregistered short-barreled rifle. He faces firearms-related charges, and his motives are under investigation.
NYTimes – US Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, defeating Representative Haley Stevens. He will face Republican Mike Rogers in November’s general election. Top Democrats, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, moved to embrace El-Sayed after his victory.
NYTimes – US Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized after appearing to harm himself during a TikTok livestream on Tuesday. Law enforcement and emergency workers responded to his Miami home after viewers reported the incident. The livestream has since been removed.