Stormy Daniels Must Pay More to Trump’s Lawyers, Court Says

9th Circuit entered order as Trump was arraigned in New York
Adult film star at center of criminal case against Trump

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By Zoe Tillman

April 4, 2023 at 10:19 PM UTC

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At roughly the same time that former President Donald Trump plead not guilty to criminal charges Tuesday afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom, he notched a win in a federal appeals court in California against the adult film star at the heart of the New York indictment.

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a six-page order directing Stormy Daniels to pay nearly $122,000 in legal fees to Trump’s attorneys. That sum is in addition to the more than $293,000 that Daniels had been ordered to pay after losing a libel case against the former president in federal district court and $245,000 for unsuccessfully pursuing an earlier appeal.