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Stormy Daniels must pay $300k to Donald Trump after losing defamation case appeal. Adult film star Stormy Daniels has lost her appeal in her failed defamation suit against Donald Trump — leaving her owing almost $300,000 in legal fees to the former president. "I will go to jail before I pay a penny," Daniels tweeted Monday after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against her in the long-running case. Trump hailed the ruling by the appeals court he often bashed as president, calling it "a total and complete victory and vindication for, and of me." Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and her then-lawyer Michael Avenatti filed the defamation suit against Trump back in 2018.