Michael Cohen settled a lawsuit against the Trump Organization, avoiding a trial set to begin on Monday.
Cohen alleged the Trump Organization owed him $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees that Cohen was to provide to an outside counsel.
The lawsuit was filed in 2019, with Cohen arguing he had an oral agreement with the Trump Organization.
The Trump Organization allegedly refused reimbursement as per the oral agreement when Cohen turned against Trump.
Cohen’s attorney Lauren Handelsman stated the lawsuit was “resolved in a manner satisfactory to all parties.”
Cohen, who once said he would “take a bullet” for Trump, turned against the former president upon expanding legal issues.
Trump’s personal attorney became part of the Muller investigation, later pleading guilty to federal crimes in 2018.
Reporting from The Hill:
Cohen sought more than $1.3 million from the Trump Organization, the amount he says he owes to three law firms — plus his current counsel — for fees linked to various legal issues involving the former president or his businesses. Those fees span from his criminal matters — which cost nearly $500,000 — to the New York investigation into a Trump charity and Mueller’s probe. It also includes fees tied to testimony Cohen gave to five congressional committees, including the judiciary committees in both chambers. According to court filings, Cohen says the law firm Petrillo Klein Boxer is owed $350,000; the firm Monico and Spevack is owed about $297,000; and the firm Davis Goldberg & Galper is owed $515,000.
