Trump seeks $800K from Stormy Daniels in legal fees, penalties for failed defamation suit
by Caitlin Yilek
| December 04, 2018 08:04 AM
President Trump’s lawyers are seeking nearly $800,000 in lawyers fees from porn star Stormy Daniels for a failed defamation lawsuit against the president.
Trump’s attorney Charles Harder asked a court Monday for nearly $390,000 in legal fees and an equal amount as a deterrent against a "repeat filer of frivolous defamation cases,†the Associated Press reported.
"This action is virtually unprecedented in American legal history," Harder said in a court filing. Daniels "not only brought a meritless claim for defamation against the sitting president of the United States, but she also has engaged, along with her attorney, in massive national publicity."
Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti objected to the proposed penalty, calling it "absurd and outrageous."
"You can't just pick a number out of thin air in an effort to put my client under Donald Trump's thumb and intimidate her," Avenatti said.
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