It has been noted that a judge in London has ordered former President Donald Trump to make a payment of a six-figure legal bill for a company he sued for claiming he engaged in sex acts with prostitutes and paid bribes to Russian officials via Mediaite.
It was last month that Justice Steyn dismissed the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, the consultant group founded by former M16 officer Christopher Steele. Steele is best known for writing the dossier that made the shocking claims about Trump’s alleged behavior before becoming president.
Per the AP:
Orbis said the lawsuit should be thrown out because the report was never meant to be made public and was published by BuzzFeed without the permission of Steele or Orbis. It also said the claim was filed too late.
Judge Karen Steyn, who sided with Orbis in her Feb. 1 ruling, issued an order several days later on the legal costs.
She cut the amount of legal bills Orbis said it incurred — 634,000 pounds ($809,000) — by more than 50% because she said it was high considering there had only been a one-day hearing.
In 2022, a U.S. federal judge in Florida dismissed a Trump lawsuit against Steele, 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, rejecting his claims that they helped concoct the Russia investigation that overshadowed much of his administration.
