India, July 9 -- US President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay E Jean Carroll nearly $5.8 million after a federal judge allowed the release of funds that had been set aside following a jury's verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the order on Wednesday, allowing Carroll to receive the money along with interest that accumulated since the 2023 civil trial verdict.

The payment had been placed in a court-controlled fund while Trump pursued appeals.

The decision came after the US Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's challenge to the jury's 2023 verdict, leaving the judgment against him intact.

The case dates back to allegations made by Carroll, a writer and former ma...