A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed adult film actress Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
She was also ordered to pay his attorney’s fees, saying a tweet the president had written referring to her was protected by free-speech laws.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero issued the order Monday in Los Angeles,Mailonline reports.
Daniels alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and sued him in April.
The lawsuit came after Trump tweeted about a composite sketch of a man Daniels says threatened her in 2011 to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
He called it a ‘total con job.’
In dismissing the suit, the judge said Trump’s tweet was a ‘hyperbolic statement’ against a political adversary.
Daniels, who has also sued over a $130,000 hush money agreement over the alleged encounter, sued over the tweet, claiming it made her appear to be a liar.
Attorneys for Trump have sought to dismiss both lawsuits.
‘The Court agrees with Mr. Trump’s argument because the tweet in question constitutes “rhetorical hyperbole” normally associated with politics and public discourse in the United States,’ Otero wrote.
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