Writer E Jean Carroll has collected nearly $US5.6 million ($8 million) from Donald Trump after a jury in 2023 found the US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

Over Mr Trump's objections, the money was released to Ms Carroll's law firm on Monday, local time, five days after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan authorised the disbursement from a court-supervised account............

..............  Ms Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge, said in a statement:

"Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E Jean Carroll. We are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her."............