E. Jean Carroll collects more than $5 million from Trump 3 years after a jury found him liable of sexual abuse and defamation

E. Jean Carroll has collected her $5 million judgment against President Donald Trump, more than three years after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

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The money, which was being held in a court escrow account, has been “disbursed” to Carroll’s attorneys, the court filing shows. The amount totalled $5,625,005.48 with interest.

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The case arose from a 2022 suit Carroll filed in New York alleging Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store after a chance encounter in 1996, and then defamed he after she came forward with her claims in 2019. Trump maintains he does not know Carroll and didn’t commit any wrongdoing.

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NBC News reached out to lawyers for both Carroll and Trump.