Trump Organiation does not have to pay Michael Cohen’s legal bills -judge
Donald Trump saw his former campaign chair and White House strategist Steve Bannon indicted on Friday, for contempt of Congress over the Capitol attack. But the former president also received two slices of good news from courts in New York.
In one development, Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Trump’s TV reality show who accused him of sexual assault, dropped her defamation lawsuit against him. In another, a judge said the Trump Organization did not need to pay millions in legal bills to Trump’s former fixer and attorney, Michael Cohen.
Cohen sued the Trump Organization for failing to make good on a promise to pay legal costs resulting from his work. But on Friday a judge said Cohen had failed to prove the bills he incurred amid a criminal investigation and other lawsuits were related to conduct as an employee of the Trump Organization
Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, said the decision was “unfair”. He also linked to a crowdfunding account in support of Cohen.
A longtime employee, Cohen became a critic of Trump while he was president, testifying that Trump directed him to break the law. In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for his role in illegal hush-money payments to women to help Trump’s 2016 campaign and lying to Congress about a project in Russia.
Cohen has written a memoir and hosts a politics podcast and is close to completing his sentence under home confinement.
On Friday, responding to news of Zervos’ decision to drop her suit, Carroll wrote: “Friends, I feel MORE determined to fight and win my defamation suit against Trump. In fact, as soon as the Adult Survivors Bill passes in New York, I will sue Trump for rape. My spirits are high! My attorneys are warriors!”
The Adult Survivors Act is a state measure that would grant sexual assault survivors the chance to sue after the statute of limitations has expired. It is modeled on legislation that allows people who were victims of abuse as children to sue without time constraints. The measure has not passed the state assembly.
Source: Reuters
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