Jurors have ordered Donald Trump to pay E Jean Carroll $18.3m in compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages.

That amounts to $83.3m (£65.6m) in total damages.

Nada Tawfik
Reporting from New York

We're just waiting for the jury's decision to be read out.

It looks like Trump is not here in court - he left earlier and hasn’t returned.

The seven-man, two-woman jury in federal court in Manhattan started deliberating at just after lunchtime on Friday, at about 13:40 local time (18:40 GMT).

That means they've been deliberating for just under three hours.

They have to reach a unanimous verdict.

Due to intense media and political scrutiny, the jurors are anonymous and have even been urged to use fake names when talking to each other. They’re also being moved by secure means from undisclosed locations to the courthouse - a set up usually used in cartel cases.

We're just hearing from our reporters in court that the jury have returned with a verdict.

We'll bring you more as we have it.

Jurors have been given three questions to consider, to help them reach a decision on how much Trump must pay.

Question one was whether Trump should pay compensation damages to Carroll - both for reputational harm and emotional harm caused by his statements in 2019.

Carroll's lawyers were seeking $24m (£18m) in compensation, broken down into $12m for reputational harm and $12m for emotional harm.

Then, questions two and three focus on whether to make Mr Trump pay punitive damages - which are considered punishment.

They look at each defamatory statement Trump made (one on 21 June 2019, and one on 22 June 2019) and ask whether Trump acted "maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite, or in wanton, reckless, or willful disregard of Ms Carroll's rights."

Brandon Livesay
Reporting from court in New York

Image source, Reuters

At one point this morning, Trump walked out of court during closing arguments from Carroll's lawyer.

Before leaving, Trump was seen shaking his head as lawyer Roberta Kaplan repeatedly brought up that Trump had sexually assaulted Carroll.

Trump was found liable for the sexual assault in a separate civil trial last year.

Judge Kaplan, (no relation to the lawyer Kaplan), told the court that the record "will reflect that Mr Trump rose and walked out of the courtroom".

Trump, wearing a red tie, later returned to court. He sat with his hands clasped together and glancing over his right shoulder to watch his lawyer Alina Habba’s closing arguments.

Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court in New York

In just a matter of minutes, it’ll be up to a jury to decide how much Donald Trump should pay for spreading lies about E Jean Carroll.

Judge Kaplan has ordered members of the jury to remain anonymous as they face a high-stakes decision against a polarising former president.

Speaking to jurors in closing arguments this morning, E Jean Carroll lawyer Roberta Kaplan argued Trump should pay upwards of $24m for destroying Carroll’s reputation.

She's asking for $12m for reputational damages and $12m for emotional damages, and then the jury should decide on any other punitive damages.

Fighting with the judge, Trump's lawyer Alina Habba argued he should pay nothing.

Brandon Livesay and Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court in New York

Image source, Reuters

The case in New York began to wrap up this morning, and we had closing arguments from lawyers for both sides.

What the prosecution said:

• Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan (no relation to the Lewis Kaplan who is the judge) said Trump was a liar who thought the rules did not apply to him. She said Carroll's reputation had been severely harmed by the former president's comments denying he sexually assaulted her
• She said that Trump had "continued to defame Carroll even as this trial was ongoing" - and "this trial is about getting him to stop once and for all"
• "This case is also about punishing Donald Trump," Kaplan added

What Trump's defence said:

• Alina Habba argued the jury should award Carroll no damages, saying her arguments have "more holes than Swiss cheese"
• She said Trump "should not have to pay" for threats made on Twitter against Carroll, adding: "He does not condone them. He did not direct them.”
• Habba told the court that Carroll was happy to have the fame, claiming she now makes more money than she did in 2019, when the defamatory comments were made. And she sought to portray Carroll as a "scandalous" character

More here.

Francesca Gillett
Live reporter

Donald Trump is back in court in New York again today for the wrapping up of his defamation trial brought by fashion writer E Jean Carroll.

We heard closing arguments from both sides this morning - which we’ll bring you a recap of shortly - and the jury is now receiving instructions from the judge.

After that, the jury will then be sent out to start deliberating.

At one point this morning, Trump stood up and walked out of the courtroom in the middle of closing arguments. He later returned to hear his lawyer argue his case.

We have reporters in court and don't have any idea of when a verdict will come, but we're on standby and waiting to see what happens.