Donald Trump has been told to pay the six-figure legal costs of a company he sued over claims of "perverted" sex acts and bribes to Russian officials.
Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, last month.
She found that Mr Trump's compensation claim was "bound to fail".
In a new ruling she also ordered Mr Trump to pay Orbis's costs "of the entire claim".
The order, obtained by the PA news agency on Thursday, also said Mr Trump has made no attempt to bring an appeal.
Mr Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service's Russia desk, was the author of the so-called Steele dossier.
This included uncorroborated intelligence claims, denied by Mr Trump, that the former US president had been "compromised" by the Russian security service, the FSB.
The High Court was told last year that Mr Trump was bringing a data protection claim over two memos in the dossier which claimed he had taken part in "sex parties" in St Petersburg and engaged in "golden showers" with prostitutes in Moscow.
Mrs Justice Steyn said Orbis has estimated its costs to be more than £600,000.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:44 pm
by Slim Cognito
I'm happy about the findings, but good luck with collecting.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Get your money after judgment
If a court has decided that someone must pay you an amount of money (you have ‘obtained judgment against the defendant’), and you have not received a payment, this guide may help you decide what to do next. The court will not enforce the judgment unless you ask it to.
You can try and get your money (called ‘enforcing your judgment’) by asking the court for:
a warrant of control
an attachment of earnings order
a third-party debt order
a charging order
This guide provides short descriptions of each of these methods of enforcement.
If you are owed £5,000 or more, you can also apply to make the defendant bankrupt, however, this can be expensive.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:55 pm
by Rolodex
UK tossed him, just like an American judge did. He filed a suit against Steele (HRC and others as well) and lost that. Hm. I wonder if he's paid those settlements/lawyers fees...
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:01 pm
by RTH10260
Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:44 pm
I'm happy about the findings, but good luck with collecting.
His interests in golf courses in the UK and Ireland, perhaps?
Let's send him an invitation to play on the Steele Golf Course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:09 pm
by Dave from down under
That would a charging order.
Though the bank accounts associated with Donnie’s UK holdings might be fastest via Third-party debt order.
Choose which procedure to use
Each way of enforcing your judgment is aimed at a different aspect of the defendant’s assets. That is:
goods owned (warrant of control)
wages or salary (attachment of earnings order)
savings (third-party debt order)
assets (charging order)
Choose the one which is most likely to get you your money. For example, if the defendant is unemployed or self-employed, you would be wasting your time and money asking for an attachment of earnings order. But if the defendant has money in a bank account, a third-party debt order might be suitable.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:29 pm
by tek
Boston Globe:
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Only 500-odd $million more to go!
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:27 pm
by Dr. Ken
Still a piece of shit
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:39 am
by bill_g
He is a child.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:52 am
by tek
OK, karma... we're waiting...
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:01 am
by pipistrelle
It's funny that he talks about a "hate-filled rant"...in a hate-filled rant.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:21 am
by neonzx
AI produced.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:03 pm
by AndyinPA
It always upsets me more that so many laugh along with him.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:11 pm
by Suranis
"So many" being the 300 people that he has in his rallies, who would laugh if he read the phone book at them, if only to annoy the libs.
trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:15 pm
by RTH10260
‘Isn’t it past your jail time?’: Jimmy Kimmel wins cheers at Oscars with Trump jibe Oscars host makes comment onstage after ex-president writes scathing review of Kimmel on his Truth Social platform
Jenna Amatulli
Mon 11 Mar 2024 03.53 CET
Jimmy Kimmel threw a jab at Donald Trump while onstage at the Oscars less than an hour after the ex-president penned a scathing Truth Social post about the talkshow host.
On Sunday, just ahead of the last award of the night – best picture – getting doled out to Oppenheimer, Kimmel addressed the crowd at the 96th Academy Awards to share a review he had received about his performance as host of the ceremony.
“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be,” Kimmel read aloud from his phone.
“Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous… blah, blah, blah. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Kimmel then quipped: “See if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social.”
Per Trump’s Truth Social page, nearly all of what Kimmel read aloud had been posted verbatim to Trump’s page at 9.39pm ET.
Kimmel then thanked Trump for watching before asking: “Isn’t it past your jail time?”
The crowd loudly hollered in response to the comment, which was a clear reference to the four criminal cases Trump has been charged in.
