Hunter Biden’s wealthy attorney pal Kevin Morris — long dubbed his “sugar brother” — has been ordered to cough up $50,000 to a former Trump aide after a legal saga that dragged on for years and fizzled out.
A California Superior Court judge ruled that Morris must pay Garrett Ziegler and his nonprofit Marco Polo to cover legal costs, closing the book on a bizarre dispute tied to the infamous Hunter Biden laptop.
The case centered on a 2022 phone call in which Morris believed he was speaking to a Democratic strategist about the laptop. But things took a strange turn when he later received an image of a squid alongside the message “NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH” and the name “Marco Polo” — tipping him off that something was off.
Morris accused Ziegler of being behind the call and slapped him with a laundry list of claims, including harassment, impersonation, and emotional distress. But the case unraveled when Morris couldn’t prove Ziegler was actually on the other end of the line.
Ziegler’s attorney, Jennifer Holliday, told Fox News the outcome hardly makes up for the drawn-out fight.
“It’s not really how I envisioned it would play out, and I don’t think that’s how the Constitution envisions that something like this would play out — which is why we filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States to review,” Holliday told Fox News Digital.
“I certainly hope that they will take a really hard look at what happened here because this is not a situation that should have ever happened,” she added.
Holliday is now urging the Supreme Court to take a closer look at California’s anti-SLAPP law — meant to protect free speech — arguing it actually dragged out what she sees as a flimsy case.
Not everyone is buying the high court push. A source familiar with Morris’ side dismissed the ruling as procedural and said the odds of the Supreme Court stepping in are slim, noting Ziegler’s team had originally sought as much as $300,000.
Meanwhile, Holliday pointed to what she says was a glaring hole in Morris’ claims: zero proof.
“There was no phone number that was ever presented to the court, to the Court of Appeal, to me, in discovery, anywhere,” Holliday said.
Ziegler didn’t hold back either, blasting Morris as an enabler of the president’s son.
“Morris is the one responsible for all the bull—- that Hunter pulled over the last couple years,” Ziegler said, referring to the millions Morris reportedly loaned Hunter Biden — including covering rent, buying his artwork, and even funding access to a private jet.
Morris has reportedly shelled out around $6.5 million to support Hunter Biden’s lifestyle and legal troubles.
The Hollywood lawyer has also dipped into politics, donating $29,900 to former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s failed gubernatorial bid — a campaign that collapsed amid sexual assault allegations.
Swalwell, a vocal defender of Hunter Biden on Capitol Hill, reportedly met with Morris multiple times during congressional probes into the Biden family’s business dealings.
Now, with the case finally over, Ziegler’s team is ready to press forward if Morris doesn’t pay up — already securing a debtor’s exam request to force compliance within 30 days.
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