Retailer Topshop to pay Rihanna £1 million in legal costs following T-shirt fiasco

Topshop has been ordered to pay Rihanna legal cost, estimated at about, £ 1 million, following the battle over using star's image on a T-shirt without her permission. The singer successfully sued the store for £ 3.3 million in 2013 for selling the sleeveless top, the BBC reported.

Topshop and its parent company Arcadia had disputed paying the legal bill arguing there was "no proper basis" to force them. But appeal judges ruled the order was "reasonable," dismissing the challenge.

The order comes weeks after the Court of Appeal upheld a ban on the store selling the T-shirts.

Arcadia, whose own legal costs for the trial amounted to just £ 350,000, had asked three appeal judges to overturn the legal bill order. The clothing chain had been told to pay the costs, even though the judge in the original case said he found the size of the bill "startling."