Stormy Daniels sues Trump over 'hush agreement'

 

Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, poses for pictures at the end of her striptease show in Gossip Gentleman club in Long Island, New York, U.S., February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

 

(Reuters) - Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging he never signed a nondisclosure agreement to keep her quiet about an "intimate" relationship between them.

 

Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels.

 

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming the agreement is invalid and she is free to publicly discuss her relationship with Trump.

 

The lawsuit, which Clifford's attorney Michael Avenatti published in a tweet, says that she signed both the agreement and a side letter using her stage name on October 28, 2016, days before the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

 

Trump's attorney Michael Cohen signed the document the same day, but Trump never signed the document, the lawsuit claims.

 

The "hush agreement" as it is called in the lawsuit refers to Trump as David Dennison and Clifford as Peggy Peterson. The side letter agreement reveals the true identities of the parties as Clifford and Trump, according to the lawsuit.

 

Clifford asks in the lawsuit for the Los Angeles County Superior Court to declare the agreement and side agreement invalid and unenforceable.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Avenatti was not immediately available for comment.

 

According to the lawsuit, Clifford and Trump had an intimate relationship that lasted from the summer of 2006 well into 2007, including meetings in Lake Tahoe and at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

 

Daniels was quoted in a 2011 interview with In Touch Weekly magazine that she had an affair with Trump after they met at a Lake Tahoe golf tournament in 2006, not long after Trump’s wife, Melania, had given birth to their son, Barron.

 

Cohen has said he paid Clifford $130,000 of his own money in 2016, the year Trump was elected president, but said neither the Trump Organization nor Trump’s campaign was a party to the transaction, though he declined to say publicly what it was for.

 

The lawsuit said the 2016 hush agreement called for $130,000 to be paid into the trust account of Clifford's then-attorney. In return, Clifford was not to disclose any confidential information about Trump.

 

The suit alleges Cohen has tried to keep Clifford from talking about the relationship as recently as Feb. 27, 2018.

 

"The attempts to intimidate Ms. Clifford into silence and 'shut her up' in order to 'protect Mr. Trump' continue unabated," the lawsuit said.

 

(Reporting By Andrew Hay, additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-07

"Lock Him Up"..."Lock Him Up"...........................!

She gives the profession (hers) a bad  name ...

And the book will be out in ... easy cash.

During the Gridiron dinner Trump joked about Melania being the next to leave the White House. A pretty cocky show of confidence at her expense given the recent revelation of the Stormy Daniels affair, not to mention the Access Hollywood tape and numerous women who reported sexual improprieties by Trump. I'll bet he's paying Melania money by the truck load to keep her from leaving. Why she doesn't is beyond me.

Edited March 7, 20188 yr by Gecko123

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels.

great taste in woman, Trumpy

Edited March 7, 20188 yr by malibukid

Damn!  I wish my attorney would pay for their own coffee, much less $130,000!

 

Trumps' sexual scandals make Bill Clinton look like a wimp!  

 

This really proves that the Christian right has made a deal with the Devil!

2 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

During the Gridiron dinner Trump joked about Melania being the next to leave the White House. A pretty cocky show of confidence at her expense given the recent revelation of the Stormy Daniels affair, not to mention the Access Hollywood tape and numerous women who reported sexual improprieties by Trump. I'll bet he's paying Melania money by the truck load to keep her from leaving. Why she doesn't is beyond me.

Prenup. 

1 hour ago, Get Real said:

Technically correct, it was a financial arrangement not an affair.

Hasn't he got a nice lawyer, pays hush money for Trump without telling him and doesn't expect anything back, he's up there with Jesus.

2 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Hasn't he got a nice lawyer, pays hush money for Trump without telling him and doesn't expect anything back, he's up there with Jesus.

And anyone that believes that story, I've got a bridge to sell them. 

1 hour ago, malibukid said:

great taste in woman, Trumpy

She really is not attractive.

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump has orchestrated the entire story and Daniels is no more than an actor.

 

So anytime he needs to bury the real news, he gets Daniels to make another wild statement. 

Good luck with that! 

There'll be another one that bites the dust 

6 minutes ago, timendres said:

She really is not attractive.

You need to go back 12 years.

On 3/7/2018 at 3:37 PM, mlmcleod said:

Damn!  I wish my attorney would pay for their own coffee, much less $130,000!

 

Trumps' sexual scandals make Bill Clinton look like a wimp!  

 

This really proves that the Christian right has made a deal with the Devil!

.........but The Donald can't play saxophone!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming the agreement is invalid and she is free to publicly discuss her relationship with Trump

Now if her real name had been Max Clifford that would have been a story.

On 3/7/2018 at 3:37 PM, mlmcleod said:

Damn!  I wish my attorney would pay for their own coffee, much less $130,000!

 

Trumps' sexual scandals make Bill Clinton look like a wimp!  

 

This really proves that the Christian right has made a deal with the Devil!

You must be confused . Bill Clinton was a rapist , Trump wasn't/isn't .

4 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

During the Gridiron dinner Trump joked about Melania being the next to leave the White House. A pretty cocky show of confidence at her expense given the recent revelation of the Stormy Daniels affair, not to mention the Access Hollywood tape and numerous women who reported sexual improprieties by Trump. I'll bet he's paying Melania money by the truck load to keep her from leaving. Why she doesn't is beyond me.

 

You just suggested why she's not leaving........money by the truckload.

1 hour ago, Air Smiles said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump has orchestrated the entire story and Daniels is no more than an actor.

 

So anytime he needs to bury the real news, he gets Daniels to make another wild statement. 

 

So Trump is thinking like a REAL politician even though he had no experience in public office prior to being elected? 

 

Donald, yo de man! 

1 hour ago, timendres said:

She really is not attractive.

i agree 100%, pure sleaze.  you can judge a mans character by his taste.

Edited March 7, 20188 yr by malibukid

4 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

 

So Trump is thinking like a REAL politician even though he had no experience in public office prior to being elected? 

 

Donald, yo de man! 

 

Or to put it another way, Donald has become the swamp he promised to drain.

2 hours ago, timendres said:

She really is not attractive.

I suppose it depends on which end you are looking at

3 hours ago, timendres said:

She really is not attractive.

but, but , but , Trump 60 y.o ..  ! 

 

Edited March 7, 20188 yr by Opl

2 hours ago, Air Smiles said:

 

Or to put it another way, Donald has become the swamp he promised to drain.

No, it was a genuine mistake.  When he first called for her he thought he was ordering some Stormy Drains.

9 hours ago, Briggsy said:

You need to go back 12 years.

Doesn't help. Still ugly to me. But everyone's taste is different.

14 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

During the Gridiron dinner Trump joked about Melania being the next to leave the White House. A pretty cocky show of confidence at her expense given the recent revelation of the Stormy Daniels affair, not to mention the Access Hollywood tape and numerous women who reported sexual improprieties by Trump. I'll bet he's paying Melania money by the truck load to keep her from leaving. Why she doesn't is beyond me.

And dump the prestigious and historical role of 1st lady?  why would she do that. she already knows about his many indiscretions..they probably sleep in separate rooms. And its very possible they may get re elected ..she would be nuts to leave

1 hour ago, InMyShadow said:

And dump the prestigious and historical role of 1st lady?  why would she do that. she already knows about his many indiscretions..they probably sleep in separate rooms. And its very possible they may get re elected ..she would be nuts to leave

She needs to join the #MeToo movement and reclaim her dignity and self-respect.

She is his control she cannot leave Putin won't let her lol