LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ā Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judgeās ruling.
Thatās in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan County clerk should pay theĀ couple who sued.
Attorneys for Davis had argued that the fees and costs sought by the attorneys were excessive, but U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning disagreed and said Davis must pay since the menĀ prevailed in their lawsuit, theĀ Lexington Herald-LeaderĀ reported.
Attorneys for Davis were expected to appeal the ruling.
Davis drew international attention whenĀ she was briefly jailed in 2015Ā over her refusal, which she based on her belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
Davis was released only after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form. Kentuckyās state legislature later enacted a law removing the names of all county clerks from state marriage licenses.
Related Stories:Ā
- Same-sex couples' rights violated when Kim Davis refused marriage license, judge rules
- Rowan County clerk Kim Davis faces voters in forum
- Attorneys for Kim Davis ask court to dismiss lawsuits filed by same-sex couples denied marriage licenses
- Gay man denied marriage license by Rowan Co. Clerk Kim Davis plans to unseat her in 2018
- Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis to seek re-election in 2018
- Federal judge rules that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis doesn't have to pay legal fees
- Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis speaks out in new interviewĀ