Stormy Daniels, a former porn star, sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over a nondisclosure agreement meant to conceal an alleged affair she had with Trump.
- The lawsuit contains a copy of the NDA, featuring a blank line in the spot where Trump was supposed to sign, according to the suit.
- Daniels has argued that the NDA is null and void because Trump never signed it.
The former adult-film star Stormy Daniels sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing that a “hush agreement” to conceal their alleged affair was invalid because he never signed it.
The 28-page lawsuit contains a copy of the nondisclosure agreement, and gives a striking glimpse into Daniels’ side of the story.
It corroborates several statements Daniels made in a 2011 interview with InTouch magazine, including that she and Trump met in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where they allegedly had their first sexual encounter in 2006.
Just 12 days before the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid Daniels – whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – $130,000.
It’s unclear how Daniels’ lawsuit will fare in court, but the filing released on Tuesday provides details she has previously been coy about in interviews.
Here are some of the highlights:
- The suit says Daniels had an “intimate relationship” with Trump from the summer of 2006 into 2007.
- Daniels first decided she wanted to speak publicly about her affair with Trump after The Washington Post published the infamous “Access Hollywood” recording, featuring Trump boasting about grabbing women’s genitals and attempting to seduce a married woman.
- But when Daniels began shopping the story to media outlets, Trump and Cohen apparently “aggressively sought to silence” her.
- Daniels and her attorneys argue that Trump’s efforts to keep her quiet helped “to ensure [Trump] won the Presidential Election.”
- The nondisclosure agreement used the aliases “David Dennison” and “DD” to refer to Trump, and “Peggy Peterson” or “PP” to refer to Daniels.
- The suit alleges that “it was widely understood at all times” that all parties had to sign the agreement, otherwise it would be null and void.
- The suit further argues that Trump “purposely did not sign the agreement so he could later, if need be, publicly disavow any knowledge of the Hush Agreement and Ms. Clifford.”
- The suit accuses Cohen of intimidating and coercing Daniels into signing a false statement in January 2018 that denied she had an affair with Trump and received hush money. Daniels had previously raised skepticism about the statement, telling late-night host Jimmy Kimmelin an interview that the signature on the statement “doesn’t look like my signature, does it?”
- The suit contains a copy of the nondisclosure agreement that shows a blank line where “DD” was supposed to sign.
- The NDA also includes a reference to “certain still images and/or text messages which were authored by or relate to DD,” raising the possibility that Daniels could potentially release photos or texts related to the alleged affair if the court voids the NDA.
Source: Business Insider
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