Michael Avenatti

A federal judge ruled in favor of the former president on Tuesday, ordering adult film star Stormy Daniels to pay another $121,972 in legal fees for a failed defamation suit.

Michael Avenatti was sentenced for stealing about $300,000 from Daniels, the porn actor who catapulted him to fame as he represented her during her legal battles with then-President Donald Trump.

The lawyer was convicted of charges he cheated the porn actor out of money she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump.

The lawyer, who represented Stormy Daniels and is already facing federal financial crimes charges, has been indicted on 36 counts of embezzlement and fraud by a California federal grand jury.

Avenatti was booked Wednesday on a felony domestic violence charge a day after police took a report of the alleged incident. He was released on $50,000 bail and has vehemently denied the allegations.

The lawsuit was filed over a tweet President Trump sent in April suggesting Daniels was lying about being threatened in 2011 not to go public with her story of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.