Former US President Donald Trump has won a legal battle with porn actress Stormy Daniels, who plays a central role in the current case against him. The 44-year-old must pay Trump nearly $122,000 in legal fees, a Los Angeles appeals court ruled. The background is an old defamation case of the actress against Trump.
Daniels said in 2018 that she was threatened in a parking lot in 2011 by a man close to Trump so that she would not talk about the affair she said she had with Trump. The 76-year-old accused her of lying on Twitter. Daniels then sued Trump, but her lawsuit was dismissed.
Trump lawyer cheers
The judge also ordered her to pay Trump’s legal fees at the time. The porn star had appealed against this. Trump attorney Harmeet Dhillon celebrated Tuesday’s decision on Twitter as a victory for the ex-president. In total, her law firm recovered approximately $600,000 in attorneys’ fees in the lawsuit.
Stormy Daniels – whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – is also the focus of the current Trump trial: Shortly before his election as president in 2016, he had paid $130,000 to the actress. Trump denies having an affair with her, but that money didn’t flow.
Source: Krone
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