Why Stormy Daniels has been ordered to pay Donald Trump $122,000

Los Angeles: Stormy Daniels must pay nearly $122,000 (Rs 99.99 lakh) of Donald Trump’s legal fees that were racked up in connection with the porn actor’s failed defamation lawsuit, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision in California came at about the same time that Trump became the only ex-president to be charged with a crime. Trump pleaded not guilty in a New York City courtroom to a 34-count felony indictment accusing him falsifying business records in a scheme to hush up allegations of extramarital affairs with Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal that broke during his first White House run. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and was paid $130,000 (Rs 1.06 crore) as part of a nondisclosure agreement days before the 2016 presidential election. She sued him for defamation after he dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about the tryst as a “total con job.” A judge threw out the case in 2018. On Tuesday, a commissioner for the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Trump’s attorneys “reasonably spent” more than 183 hours on an appeal of the case but denied a request for another $5,150 (Rs 4.22 lakh) in other fees because it wasn’t itemised. In all, Daniels has been ordered to pay more than $600,000 (Rs 4.91 crore) in Trump’s legal fees, tweeted Harmeet Dillon, one of his attorneys in the case. That includes some $300,000 (RS 2.45 crore) in attorney’s fees that Daniels previously was ordered to pay. **Also Read: Donald Trump's arraignment: Is this the end of the road for former US president?** After a federal appeals court upheld that award last year, Daniels stated: “I will go to jail before I pay a penny.” Messages seeking comment from her attorney, Oklahoma lawyer Clark Brewster, weren’t immediately returned after hours Tuesday. Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News, India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.