The legal feud between former adult actress Stormy Daniels and the ex-president dates back to her claims that she became intimate with Donald Trump in 2006. The ex-stripper said Trump’s personal lawyer paid her $130,000 in hush money in 2016. The scandal ended up in court, where Michael Cohen admitted the payment, while Trump denied the affair. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected former porn star Stormy Daniels’ bid to overturn a lower court decision in her failed defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.
Friday’s ruling will force Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) to pay Trump nearly $300,000 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and sanctions. The appeals court stated that it had no jurisdiction over Daniels’ appeal regarding the issue of the attorneys’ fees as the former adult entertainer had failed to file her appeal within a 30-day deadline of a federal judge granting the fees to Donald Trump. In a statement released soon after the decision of the court, the former president bragged about the final ruling in the “frivolous lawsuit” case. Trump hailed the ruling as a “total and complete victory and vindication” of him.
He yet again underscored that he had “never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to”. According to the 45th POTUS, the entire lawsuit was no more than a “political stunt” that has finally been resolved.
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