ABC has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, ending the dispute that centered on anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate comments surrounding a civil lawsuit against Mr. Trump. 

The money will be transferred to an escrow account managed by Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, and will go toward the president-elect’s presidential library, according to the legal filing made public on Saturday. 

The network must transfer the funds within 10 days and are also on the hook for Mr. Brito’s $1 million in attorney fees. 

The payment will be considered a “charitable contribution,” according to the filing, with the money earmarked for a non-profit organization that is being created for Mr. Trump’s eventual construction of a library. 

Mr. Trump’s suit against the network stemmed from on-air comments made by Mr. Stephanopolous during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, South Carolina Republican, in March. 

The anchor incorrectly claimed that Mr. Trump had been “found liable for rape” and “defaming the victim of that rape” in the civil lawsuits brought against him by author E. Jean Carroll. 

In Ms. Carroll’s first lawsuit against Mr. Trump, the president-elect was found liable of sexually assaulting and defaming the author, and was ordered by a jury to pay her $5 million. 

Earlier this year, Mr. Trump was found liable on additional defamation claims against Ms. Carroll, and was ordered to pay her $83.3 million. He is appealing both verdicts.

The network has since added an editor’s note on a story about Mr. Stephanopolous’ interview with Ms. Mace, which read “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump.”

• Alex Miller can be reached at amiller@washingtontimes.com.