Adult film star Stormy Daniels first caused a sensation by claiming that Trump had sex with her twice during a 2006 meeting in Los Angeles and that he had paid her to hush up the matter. Nearly two decades later, Daniels testified against the Republican contender for the upcoming election before a New York jury in a landmark case that laid the foundation for the first criminal conviction against a former US president. Trump was convicted of all 34 felony counts of making hush money payments to the adult film star, including falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election and covering his reimbursement to former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to Daniels.
What did Daniels say in court?
In court, Daniels told that she first met and talked to Trump at the 2006 Lake Tahoe celebrity golf outing. She said that Trump invited her to dinner in his luxurious hotel suite and called her a smart lady. Daniels said that she accepted Trump’s invitation because she wanted to avoid dinner with her colleagues. She said that Trump had taken her number from his security guard. Daniels said that when she first saw Trump, he was wearing silk pajamas, when he opened the door, there was also a joke between the two about Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Daniels said that she asked Trump to change and he very politely accepted it. Daniels also said that he jokingly beat her with a magazine. During the conversation, Stormy went to the bathroom. After this Trump reached his room. He was in a T-shirt and shorts. Stormy also tried to leave the room, but Trump stopped her. After this, there was physical relationship between the two.
Who is Stormy Daniels?
Daniels’ real name is Stephanie Clifford. She said she grew up on a low income in Louisiana with a single, neglectful mother. She said she graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class, edited the school newspaper, and was accepted to a university in Texas to study veterinary science but could not afford to attend. She said she worked as an exotic dancer on weekends to support herself at age 17 and later worked in nude modeling and adult films, becoming one of the youngest female porn directors.
