{"id":1393639,"date":"2022-03-22T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393639"},"modified":"2022-03-22T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:15:46","slug":"stormy-daniels-loses-appeal-forced-to-pay-trump-300000-in-attorneys-fees-stormy-and-trump-both-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stormy-daniels-loses-appeal-forced-to-pay-trump-300000-in-attorneys-fees-stormy-and-trump-both-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormy Daniels Loses Appeal, Forced To Pay Trump $300,000 In Attorneys\u2019 Fees. Stormy And Trump Both Respond."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstormy-daniels-loses-appeal-forced-to-pay-trump-300000-in-attorneys-fees-stormy-and-trump-both-respond%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-947146032-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Porn star Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in attorneys\u2019 fees to former President Donald Trump, a\u00a0federal appeals court ruled Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit \u201csaid it had no jurisdiction over Daniels\u2019 appeal of the attorneys\u2019 fees issue because she failed to file a notice of appeal within a 30-day deadline of a federal judge granting the fees to Trump,\u201d CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/22\/porn-star-stormy-daniels-loses-appeal-of-trump-case.html\">reported<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cThe appeals court also said that the same judge had properly included another $1,000 in sanctions against Daniels in the same judgment that awarded Trump attorneys\u2019 fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump lawyer Harmeet K. Dhillon responded to the news Monday night. \u201cIt was an honor for my team to represent President Trump in this successful 9th circuit ruling,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cOnward!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was an honor for my team to represent President Trump in this successful 9th circuit ruling. Onward! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKRfa2lncn\">https:\/\/t.co\/MKRfa2lncn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnjaban\/status\/1506075172297601025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Dhillon also confirmed to reporter Meghann Cuniff that \u201c<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Daniels owes Trump $292k in attorney fees,\u201d adding that the lawsuit was \u201cpushed so aggressively by [Michael] Avenatti for purposes that certainly did not benefit his client.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Daniels\u2019 lawyer Clark Brewster reacted to the ruling in a statement noting that his client\u2019s former lawyer Michael Avenatti helped botch the case by \u201cnot perfecting a timely appeal in January of 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnjaban?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pnjaban<\/a>) on the 9th Circuit affirming Stormy Daniels owes Trump $292k in attorney fees. She says the lawsuit was &#8220;pushed so aggressively by Avenatti for purposes that certainly did not benefit his client.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cZO3x6LMC0\">pic.twitter.com\/cZO3x6LMC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meghanncuniff\/status\/1506064157140914176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Daniels filed a libel suit against Trump over a tweet he posted back in 2018 concerning a sketch Daniels helped to create of her alleged intimidator alongside a photo of her ex-husband.<\/p>\n<p>Trump captioned the side-by-side photos posted by another Twitter user: \u201cA sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniels argued that Trump smeared her as a liar, hurting her reputation, and denied their alleged 2006 affair via the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has always denied the alleged affair.<\/p>\n<p>The former president issued a statement Monday night celebrating the victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 9th Circuit just issued a final ruling in the Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) frivolous lawsuit case against me brought by her disgraced lawyer, Michael Avenatti, upholding the lower court ruling that she owes me nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions (not including appeal costs),\u201d the statement said. \u201cAs I have stated many times throughout the years, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to. The ruling was a total and complete victory and vindication for, and of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lawsuit was a purely political stunt that never should have been started, or allowed to happen, and I am pleased that my lawyers were able to bring it to a successful conclusion after the court fully rejected her appeal,\u201d Trump told his supporters. \u201cNow all I have to do is wait for all of the money she owes me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cP.S. The Fake News probably won\u2019t report this story!\u201d the former president added.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels said on Twitter that she won\u2019t pay Trump one cent. \u201cI will go to jail before I pay a penny,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will go to jail before I pay a penny<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StormyDaniels\/status\/1506064853445795845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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