Stormy Daniels’ case against Donald Trump dismissed

NEW YORK: The former porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic indictment in New York has been ordered to pay him more than $121,000 (£96,965) towards legal fees in an unrelated case. Stormy Daniels, alleged to have had an affair with Trump in 2006, lost her defamation case over a 2018 tweet written by the former US president.

An appeals court judge in California dismissed Ms Daniel’s case, and awarded Mr Trump a payment for legal fees.

Trump has denied the affair. The civil defamation lawsuit brought by Ms Daniels was entirely separate from the 34 charges filed against Trump in Manhattan on Tuesday. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, sued Trump after he called an allegation by Daniels a “total con job” in a tweet on April 18, 2018. Daniels, 44, was then ordered to pay Trump’s legal fees in the amount of $293,000, CNN reported. She appealed, arguing the legal fees were too high, but lost. (Agencies)

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