A court has ordered Donald Trump to pay $A61,000 to porn star Stormy Daniel's legal battle to cancel a deal to keep her quiet about their sexual relationship.
US President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $US44,100 to porn actress Stormy Daniels for her legal battle to cancel a deal brokered to keep her quiet about their sexual relationship a decade ago.
The order in Superior Court in Los Angeles determined Ms Daniels won her lawsuit against Mr Trump over the agreement that was signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election.The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The president's personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $US130,000 to Ms Daniels, who filed the suit under her legal name Stephanie Clifford. After Mr Trump's election, Ms Daniels sued to void the agreement.
Mr Trump and his supporters denied the president knew about the payment for several years before he acknowledged it on Twitter in May 2018 and said he reimbursed Mr Cohen for the money paid to Ms Daniels. Ms Daniels' suit over the non-disclosure agreement was dismissed before going to trial or a settlement because the parties were no longer quiet.Mr Trump's lawyers said Ms Daniels didn't win the case and therefore wasn't entitled to lawyer fees but Judge Robert Broadbelt III disagreed in his ruling on Monday, posted online by Ms Daniels' lawyers.
Mr Trump's lawyers also argued Ms Daniels didn't prove the president was a part of the non-disclosure agreement which was made under the name"David Dennison" but Judge Broadbelt wrote there was a large amount of evidence showing Mr Cohen chose Mr Dennison as a pseudonym for Mr Trump.Yup. Another win!
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