Jean Carroll receives $5.6m in sexual abuse case after yrs-long legal battle with Trump

Writer E Jean Carroll has received more than $5.6 million awarded to her in a civil case against US President Donald Trump, after a federal court released money that had been set aside while he challenged the verdict.The payment includes the $5 million awarded by a New York jury in 2023 along with accumulated interest. The funds had remained in an escrow account during the appeals process and were released after the US Supreme Court declined to disturb the jury's decision.Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, confirmed that the payment had been completed, saying her client had now received the damages awarded by the court, as reported by AP.The dispute stems from a 2023 civil trial in which jurors said that Trump was liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the mid-1990s and for later defaming her after she publicly disclosed…