- Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization have struck a deal to settle his lawsuit.
- Lawyers said at a court hearing Friday morning that the terms were confidential.
- The lawsuit, which involved unpaid legal fees, was due to go to trial next week.
The Trump Organization has signed a deal to settle a $1.3 million lawsuit with Michael Cohen.
It is not clear how much the Trump Organization paid to settle the lawsuit. Attorneys for both parties said at a court hearing Friday morning that the terms are confidential.
“The parties reached an agreement last night on confidential terms,” Cohen’s attorney, Hunter Winstead, said at the hearing.
Cohen, a former “fixer” and personal attorney for Donald Trump and a former Trump Organization executive, sued the company in New York state court in 2019.
He argued that the Trump Organization should have paid attorneys’ fees for its role in various scandals, lawsuits and investigations stemming from Trump’s work.
A jury was selected and sworn in earlier this week, and the case is set to go to trial on Monday.
“Thank you for letting us know and for keeping us on edge until the last minute,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Joel Coen told lawyers at the hearing.
Cohen’s lawsuit alleges that the Trump Organization owes a total of $2.3 million to the attorneys it needed to represent Cohen in 11 different cases and investigations.
- Lawsuits arising from payments to Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford).
- He pleaded guilty to a federal criminal case involving Stormy Daniels and lying to Congress.
- House Oversight Committee Investigation.
- House Intelligence Committee investigation.
- House Judiciary Committee Investigation.
- Senate Intelligence Committee investigation.
- Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation.
- Lawsuits from disputes over privileged evidence the FBI may have seized during raids on homes and offices.
- Morar investigation.
- New York Attorney General’s investigation into President Trump’s philanthropy.
- this lawsuit.
In the four years since he first filed his lawsuit, some of his fees have been cut and the Trump Organization has terminated contracts with some law firms to meet the claims, according to court filings.
Cohen claimed the company still owed $1.3 million before the trial began.
Donald Trump was expected not to appear in court, which was scheduled to last four days.
But his son, Donald Trump Jr., an executive with the Trump Organization, agreed to appear as a witness. Cohen’s attorneys argued that Trump Jr. was aware of an agreement between Cohen and the Trump Organization to cover legal costs, and that his own legal costs were also covered for some of the similar investigations.
Cohen will soon have another chance to become a nuisance to Trump. He is expected to be a key witness in President Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial next year over hush money payments to Daniels.
This story has been updated.