Donald Trump’s legal woes don’t stop at American shores: the British high court ordered him to pay Christopher Steele’s firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, more than £600,000 (roughly $770,000) to cover the company’s legal fees incurred in defending itself against a defamation suit Trump filed, the BBC reports.
Apparently knowing Trump’s character, High Court Judge Karen Steyn ordered Trump to pay half, £300,000, while the Court auditors determine the final amount due. Trump sued Orbis for creating the “Steele dossier” which assembled unconfirmed opposition research reports about Trump’s activities in Russia, including a claim that he hired prostitutes to urinate on a hotel bed once used by the Obamas. Trump denies the accusation. Last month, Steyn determined that the suit was “bound to fail” in the courts, halting the suit.