Which alleged accusers reached settlements with Trump and what were the terms?
Executive summary
Several public settlements tied to allegations against Donald Trump are documented in the provided sources: a jury found Trump liable and ordered $5 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll, later affirmed and followed by related settlements with ABC/George Stephanopoulos (reported as a December 2024 settlement) [1]. Multiple large corporate settlements tied to defamation or other suits that Trump filed are reported — Disney/ABC paid $16 million and Meta paid $25 million in 2025, according to an Axios analysis of settlement payments to Trump [2]. Available sources do not list a comprehensive, single roster of every alleged accuser who reached a settlement with Trump and the precise financial or non‑financial terms for each one; individual cases must be read in their separate coverage (not found in current reporting).
1. E. Jean Carroll: civil verdict, damages and related media settlements
The most concretely documented outcome in the provided material is the E. Jean Carroll litigation: a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and ordered $5 million in damages; appellate steps and additional damages were part of the case’s post‑trial history, and a separate settlement with ABC over commentary by George Stephanopoulos occurred in December 2024, resolved by ABC after a judge required depositions [1]. Wikipedia’s case summary records the liability finding, the $5 million award, later appellate rulings, and the network settlement that followed [1]. The sources note the litigation produced additional rulings and motions but do not provide a single consolidated payment figure connecting every element [1].
2. Corporate defendants and payments to Trump’s interests — settlements reported by Axios
Axios compiled an analysis attributing more than $1.2 billion in settlement value to Trump’s legal activity in 2025, including specified payments: ABC’s parent (Disney) agreed to pay $16 million primarily directed to Trump’s presidential foundation/museum, and Meta reportedly paid $25 million in January to resolve a 2021 account‑ban lawsuit [2]. Axios frames these corporate agreements as part of a broader pattern in which Trump extracted large settlements or concessions from media, tech and institutional defendants [2]. The Axios piece treats these as settlements of suits Trump brought, not as payments to alleged sexual‑misconduct accusers [2].
3. Distinction between “accusers” and defendants who settled with Trump
The question as phrased—“Which alleged accusers reached settlements with Trump and what were the terms?”—mixes two different phenomena covered in the sources: (a) plaintiffs or accusers who sued Trump and obtained verdicts or settlements (Carroll’s verdict and media actions tied to it), and (b) third‑party corporations that settled defamation or other suits that Trump brought against them (Disney/ABC, Meta, Paramount), which paid amounts to resolve suits and, in Axios’s accounting, funneled money to Trump’s institutions [1] [2]. The provided sources document (a) Carroll’s liability and media settlements tied to the Carroll litigation [1] and (b) corporate settlements paid to resolve lawsuits Trump filed [2]. Available sources do not say that other alleged sexual‑assault accusers reached private settlement agreements with Trump; such claims are not found in current reporting (not found in current reporting).
4. What terms are described in the available reporting
For E. Jean Carroll, the reporting specifies a jury award of $5 million and subsequent appellate rulings; the ABC/Stephanopoulos settlement is described as occurring in December 2024, reached after court rulings forced depositions, but the Wikipedia summary does not disclose the full monetary terms between Carroll/Trump and ABC beyond noting a settlement occurred [1]. Axios specifies dollar figures for corporate settlements (Disney/ABC $16 million; Meta $25 million; additional large figures for other institutions and law firms are cited) and frames many payments as being directed to Trump’s future presidential foundation or library [2]. Those Axios figures are presented as the outlet’s analysis and aggregation [2].
5. Competing perspectives and limitations in the record
Sources present two competing frames: court rulings that found Trump liable to a private accuser (Carroll) and an Axios narrative that Trump has used litigation to extract hundreds of millions from corporate defendants [1] [2]. The sources do not present a single authoritative list of “alleged accusers” who personally settled with Trump, nor do they provide complete settlement agreements or releases in full text; therefore, claims beyond what these sources state are not supported here (not found in current reporting). Readers should note Axios’s framing implies a political motive — that corporate defendants settled to preserve access or avoid conflict with the administration — which Reuters and other trackers portray in the broader context of administration pressure on institutions [2] [3].
Conclusion — what can be stated definitively from these sources: E. Jean Carroll won a liability verdict with $5 million in damages and related media settlements followed; Axios reports multiple large corporate payments tied to suits Trump filed, including $16 million from Disney/ABC and $25 million from Meta, but a comprehensive catalog of alleged accusers who settled directly with Trump and full terms is not available in the supplied reporting [1] [2].