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LOS ANGELES — Clive Cussler, left, was ordered to pay $13.9 million in legal fees to the production company that turned his novel “Sahara” into a box-office flop. In his ruling Monday, Judge John P. Shook agreed with lawyers for Crusader Entertainment that an original contract between the two parties called for an award of legal fees if either side breached.
Jurors ruled in May 2007 in favor of Crusader, which is owned by Denver financier Philip Anschutz, and the author was ordered to pay $5 million.
Cussler’s lawyer Bert Fields said he would appeal. The Associated Press
