The adult film star whose hush money payment led to Tuesday’s charges has been ordered to pay nearly $122,000 (£97,000) to cover Trump’s legal fees from a 2018 failed defamation case against him.

Stormy Daniels sued Trump after he claimed that she falsified a story she told about a man threatening her and her child if she did not “leave Trump alone”.

Daniels had argued that the case had been filed by her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, without her permission. Avenatti is currently in a federal prison for stealing from his clients.

But an appeals court in Los Angeles on Tuesday ruled against her, only hours after Trump was arrested in New York.

In March 2022, Daniels was ordered to pay around $300,000 to Trump for legal fees incurred during the same civil case.

Two of Trump’s children cheered the court’s ruling on Tuesday.

“LOL glad she’s out there saying her T-shirt sales are booming she’ll be able to afford to pay Trump!” Donald Trump Jr said in a tweet.