Donald Trump accused of failing to pay a £300,000 legal bill after British ex-MI6 spy’s Kremlin sex tape claims
Donald Trump has failed to pay a £300,000 legal bill for a former MI6 spy he tried to indict over Kremlin sex tape allegations, it was claimed yesterday.
The former US president has reportedly violated a Supreme Court order that he pay Christopher Steele’s legal fees, following a failed legal challenge over allegations that the Kremlin had a sex tape showing him with a prostitute.
Trump, 77, has taken legal action over a dossier prepared by Steele, which alleged he hired prostitutes and “engaged in perverse sexual conduct” in Moscowand took part in sex parties in St. Petersburg.
But a High Court judge ruled that his attempt to sue Steele’s consultancy firm Orbis Business Intelligence was “doomed to failure” and dismissed his claim and ordered him to pay legal costs.
Mr Steele, the former head of MI6’s Russian department, said Mr Trump had failed to pay and had breached the judge’s order.
Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Phoenix. The former president is accused of being unable to pay his legal bills
Trump has taken legal action over a dossier prepared by Christopher Steele (pictured) alleging he hired prostitutes in St. Petersburg.
The former US president has reportedly breached a Supreme Court order that he pay Mr Steele’s legal costs, following the failed legal action
Writing on X, before TweetHe said the Republican front-runner in this year’s US presidential election could face “enforcement” if he traveled to Britain.
He said: ‘Earlier this year, when he lost his case against us in the English High Court, the judge ordered Donald Trump to pay Orbis £300,000 in initial costs.
“Trump, who claims to respect Britain, has been violating this order for two months now and could be prosecuted if he travels here again.” Mr Steele told Sky News that he had so far received just £10,000, which Mr Trump paid to the court ahead of the hearing as security against costs, and claimed his behavior was “an attempt to get revenge on us take or keep quiet’. .
He said he had no means to recoup his costs from Trump’s British assets because his golf courses in Scotland were in trust structures.
He added: ‘We may be talking about the next US president, who runs for office claiming to love and respect Britain, and in fact treats our justice system with contempt.
Much of the information in the dossier was unverified and Mr Steele (pictured) said it was never intended for publication and was leaked to the Buzzfeed website without his knowledge or consent.
The former president has previously vehemently denied the allegations in the Orbis dossier, saying it contained “numerous false, false or fabricated allegations.”
“I think he’s trying to put off a lot of these lawsuits, these fines, these costs until after what he thinks will be his re-election in November, in which case he’ll tell us all to basically jump ship. ‘
Last week, Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime when he was found guilty of charges related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He is appealing against that verdict.
His office did not respond to a request for comment.
He has previously vehemently denied the allegations in the Orbis dossier, saying it contained “numerous false, false or fabricated allegations.”
He tried to sue Orbis using data protection law, but the High Court ruled that his case was invalid because it was filed too late, without drawing any conclusion on his claims that the dossier contained false information. He was subsequently denied the right to appeal.
Much of the information in the dossier was unverified and Mr Steele said it was never intended for publication and was leaked to the website Buzzfeed without his knowledge or consent.
