Stormy Daniels stated she would moderately serve time behind bars than pay the authorized charges she owes Donald Trump following her failed defamation lawsuit in opposition to the previous president.
The grownup movie star is required to pay Trump nearly $300,000 in attorneys' charges after a federal appeals court docket rejected her bid to overturn a decrease court docket's determination.
Trump celebrated his win and launched a press release on Monday saying: "All I've to do is anticipate the entire cash she owes me."
Daniels, who has been embroiled in a years-long feud with Trump over her declare that they'd intercourse one time in 2006, has stated she has no intention of paying the massive sum.
"I'll go to jail earlier than I pay a penny," Daniels—whose actual identify is Stephanie Clifford—tweeted on Tuesday in response to a tweet gloating about her loss in court docket.
Daniels was on the middle of a White Home intercourse scandal when she claimed to have had intercourse with Trump in 2016. The previous president has repeatedly denied the claims and their battle has seen each of their former legal professionals being convicted of felonies linked to the results of Daniels' declare.
I'll go to jail earlier than I pay a penny
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) March 22, 2022
The scandal made headlines when in 2018 The Wall Road Journal revealed that the grownup movie producer had acquired $130,000 for signing a non-disclosure settlement simply earlier than the 2016 presidential election about her alleged affair with Trump.
This ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit got here after an earlier ruling by a decrease court docket that rejected Daniels' defamation go well with in opposition to Trump.
Simply final month, Daniels' former lawyer Michael Avenatti was discovered responsible of swindling $300,000 from her over a e-book she was reportedly writing about her alleged affair with the previous president.
The movie star lawyer was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identification theft following a trial within the Manhattan federal court docket final month.
On Monday, Trump known as the ruling in his favor "a complete and full victory and vindication for, and of me."
"The lawsuit was a purely political stunt that by no means ought to have began, or allowed to occur, and I'm happy that my legal professionals have been in a position to convey it to a profitable conclusion after the court docket absolutely rejected her attraction," Trump stated in a press release, per CNBC. "Now all I've to do is anticipate the entire cash she owes me."
Trump added: "P.S. The Pretend Information most likely will not report this story!"
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