Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit

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(CNN) A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to reimburse her attorneys' fees in the legal battle surrounding her nondisclosure agreement.

The judge's order was issued Monday but posted online Friday by Clifford's attorneys.

Clifford, an adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Trump from 2006 to 2007, signed a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who represented a shell company and a "David Dennison," which Clifford contends is a pseudonym for Trump. Trump denies the affair occurred.

Clifford sued Trump in 2018, seeking to be released from the NDA. In response, Trump and his legal team agreed outside of court not to sue or otherwise enforce the NDA. The suit was dismissed and Clifford's claims ruled moot, as the NDA had been rendered unenforceable.

Monday's decision was a response to Clifford's efforts to be reimbursed for costs and attorney's fees related to the case.

smurfsundermybed on August 22nd, 2020 at 05:15 UTC »

Our current president, who is running for reelection, has a judgement against him for legal fees from a lawsuit with a porn star from his last campaign, and it's the least of his problems.

I have nothing else to say.

semrasemri on August 22nd, 2020 at 04:48 UTC »

I am amazed how anyone with single functioning brain cell can support this corrupt President. This is just too unreal.

Jack_Burkmans_Zipper on August 22nd, 2020 at 04:43 UTC »

In his decision, Broadbelt wrote that since Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the $130,000 payment to Clifford, and since the Trump legal team had earlier argued that a defamation suit filed against the President by Clifford should be handled by an arbitrator per the NDA, the President was effectively a party to the agreement.

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