Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels, the woman at the center of former President Donald Trump's impending indictment, has been so inundated with threats and derogatory messages ...

](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-attorney-new-york-grand-jury-1788968) [Another added](https://twitter.com/Carl12125/status/1637944319364456450): "Wow an AVN, your mother must be proud." [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news)' Life, Liberty & Levin to attack Daniel's claims that she was paid $130,000 by Cohen. [One person wrote](https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1637943679745761282): "You are getting older every day. For the first time in this country's history in a most novel, novel, untested legal theory, of prosecution is being subject to a grand jury investigation. [Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) is facing indictment by a Manhattan grand jury over claims that he paid "hush money" to the adult film star, 44, in 2016 during his presidential campaign. Cohen also testified the same in meetings with Manhattan prosecutors. Clark Brewster added that Daniels has been receiving "vitriolic messages" to her inbox, including many of which are very concerning, as reported by TMZ. [leaving negative comments about her career](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-stormy-daniels-horseface-affair-hush-payment-1788118), family, age and gender. [clapped back](https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1637943679745761282) in her retweet: "And I've got the AVN awards to prove it. The awards are run by the American trade magazine Adult Video News to recognize achievement in the porn industry. Despite the intense scrutiny around the case, Daniels has not shied away from using her social-media accounts.

Mr Trump was already married to his wife, Melania Trump, at the time Ms Daniels alleges the affair happened. Stormy Daniels - In pictures.

It’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.” [Mr Trump was invited to testify](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-grand-jury-hush-money-b1066210.html) before a grand jury investigating the Daniels case. He was 60 at the time and she was 27. [wrote about her alleged affair ](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/salacious-details-about-donald-trump-revealed-in-stormy-daniels-book-a3939151.html)with Mr Trump. [Mr Trump had directed him to pay Ms Daniels](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/michael-cohen-it-s-sad-that-i-should-take-responsibility-for-trump-s-dirty-deeds-a4018136.html). [the money came from him](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-claims-the-only-thing-that-i-have-done-wrong-is-to-win-an-election-in-latest-twitter-rant-after-admitting-hush-money-payments-came-directly-from-him-a3918306.html), insisting the payments were not a campaign violation. [Ms Daniels gave an interview on 60 Minutes](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/stormy-daniels-revealed-intimate-details-about-alleged-trump-affair-to-prove-she-was-telling-the-truth-a3955046.html). [potential arrest could have a major impact on his campaign](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-arrest-what-happens-next-stormy-daniels-b1068744.html). [Republican](/topic/republican) candidate and [former president of the United States will be arrested](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/trump-supporters-protest-expects-arrested-tuesday-porn-star-pay-off-stormy-daniels-b1068321.html) on Tuesday of next week”. In 2011, Ms Daniels agreed to an interview with In Touch magazine about the affair, and later said that she was approached by an unkown man soon after and told to “leave Trump alone”. [allegedly paid Ms Daniels](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/trump-supporters-protest-expects-arrested-tuesday-porn-star-pay-off-stormy-daniels-b1068321.html) (real name Stephanie Clifford) to keep quiet about an affair they had. [president ](/topic/president) [Donald Trump](/topic/donald-trump), 76, could be arrested this week for how he declared the $130,000 (£100,000) payment he allegedly made to [Stormy Daniels](/topic/stormy-daniels), 44.

Donald Trump's relationship with Stormy Daniels has gone from meeting at a golf tournament to a case that could land the former president in jail.

[is offered](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-indicted-stormy-daniels-hush-money-payment-1234694012/) the opportunity to testify before the Manhattan grand jury, a signal that prosecutors are considering charges against him. [testifies](https://www.congress.gov/event/116th-congress/house-event/LC63709/text?s=1&r=67) that Trump knew about the payment to Clifford, Cohen’s subterfuge to hide its origins, as well as the complex scheme to reimburse him: “He knew about everything.” Asked why Trump didn’t just pay Clifford directly, Cohen testifies: “His concern was that there would be a check that has his very distinct signature onto it … Trump also [contradicts Cohen’s](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-insists-he-learned-of-michael-cohen-payments-later-on-in-fox-friends-exclusive) sworn testimony regarding Trump’s knowledge of the payments, claiming he had only learned about them “later on.” The proposed plan involves arguing that Trump didn’t pay off Daniels in order to protect his campaign, but rather to avoid a fight with his spouse. “With respect to the ‘Stormy’ nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations,” Trump wrote. [blows up Trump’s story](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/politics/giuliani-hannity-comey/index.html). [days before](https://www.thedailybeast.com/porn-star-donald-trump-and-stormy-daniels-invited-me-to-their-hotel-room) the election. According to The New York Times, prosecutors were seeking to expand the scope of the probe beyond just the hush money in order to build a stronger case. In his statements to investigators, Cohen said he had personally conferred with Trump regarding the payment to Daniels, and had been asked to “get it done.” [various](https://www.thedailybeast.com/porn-star-donald-trump-and-stormy-daniels-invited-me-to-their-hotel-room) [news outlets](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1) there was no affair — but admits that [he did](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html) pay off Daniels. (Trump would [contradict Giuliani](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-rudy-giuliani-facts-on-stormy-daniels-payment-michael-cohen-2018-5) in the coming days.) The anticipated (and unprecedented) criminal charges against the 45th president don’t relate to Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election by unleashing a bloodthirsty mob on the U.S.

Trump in a social media post said he expects to be arrested in the criminal probe, where a grand jury is eyeing a payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen gave Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

"This is is a politicization of our justice system frankly," she said. [It] would be a great mistake to indict President Trump." [Donald Trump](https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/) is "sad" but not afraid about the possibility of being criminally [charged](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/18/trump-says-he-will-be-arrested-tuesday-calls-on-supporters-to-protest-.html) in [New York City](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/trump-grand-jury-live-updates-expected-indictment-in-payoff-to-porn-star-stormy-daniels.html) over a hush money payment to a [porn star](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/trump-probe-porn-star-stormy-daniels-will-dance-if-he-is-jailed.html), one of his lawyers said Tuesday. Trump in a social media post over the weekend said he expected to be arrested Tuesday on an indictment in the criminal probe by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. - Trump in a social media post said he expects to be arrested in the criminal probe, where a grand jury is eyeing a payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen gave Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. - Former President Donald Trump is "sad" but not afraid about the possibility of being charged criminally by New York City prosecutors over a hush money payment to a porn star, one of his lawyers said.

Should Donald Trump be indicted this week, it would be the first-ever criminal indictment of a former president—surely something Stormy Daniels did not ...

The point of the show, she [said](https://www.wlbt.com/2020/11/04/stormy-daniels-finds-new-career-paranormal-investigator-teams-with-mississippi-ghost-hunters/), was to help those who, like her, were affected by the paranormal and seeking protection and healing. She shot several episodes of Spooky Babes around the country, inspired by [her personal experiences](https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/stormy-daniels-says-non-human-thing-with-tentacles-haunted-home/), she claimed, with paranormal activity in a haunted house she moved into in New Orleans. Daniels has been [confirmed](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/for-the-love-of-dilfs-will-return-for-season-two-with-more-himbos-and-daddies-searching-for-love/ar-AA180czE?ocid=Peregrine) as the host for a second season. In 2022, Daniels [appeared](https://people.com/tv/the-surreal-life-stormy-daniels-very-educational-adult-film-chat-with-costars-exclusive/) in the reboot of the VH1 series The Surreal Life alongside Dennis Rodman, Frankie Muniz, and Tamar Braxton, among others. [the 2018 lawsuit](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/07/591431710/stormy-daniels-files-suit-claims-nda-invalid-because-trump-didnt-sign-at-the-xxx) was Michael Avenatti, who achieved his own fame through his proximity to Daniels. He appeared often in cable news programs and late-night talk shows to criticize Trump and other conservative politicians and even [considered](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/03/michael-avenatti-is-mulling-a-2020-run-for-president-again.html) a presidential run himself. [published a memoir](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/books/full-disclosure-stormy-daniels-donald-trump.html), Full Disclosure, which detailed her affair with Trump. The tour—to strip clubs around the country—capitalized on her story, with flyers [promising](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stormy-daniels-star-of-the-latest-trump-sideshow-took-her-act-to-a-strip-club-it-was-a-scene/2018/01/21/57a469d2-fe7b-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html) “THE PORN STAR THAT TRUMPS THEM ALL” and “THE PORN STAR WORTH $130,000.” It was, according to the various journalistic dispatches around that time, a crowd-drawing [success](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-arrest-b2304321.html). [published in 2018](https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-full-interview-151788/), after the story broke publicly.) In October 2016, as that year’s presidential campaign was underway, Daniels, a [savvy businesswoman](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/style/stormy-daniels.html) with some resentment over Trump’s hollow promises of putting her on The Apprentice, [made it clear](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/nyregion/trump-stormy-daniels-felony-charges.html) she was willing to sell her story. She developed [a comic book series](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/05/26/stormy-daniels-is-creating-new-space-force-comic-book-yes-theres-character-who-looks-like-trump/) called Stormy Daniels: Space Force. [relishing](https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1637530912580575241) the idea of causing Donald Trump legal troubles, but she has expressed some regret at having become so entangled in politics. (Somehow, though, she has not yet appeared on Dancing With the Stars.)

Stormy Daniels (right) first rose to fame outside the adult film industry for her alleged affair with former president Donald Trump (left).

The money reportedly came with a non-disclosure agreement for Daniels, which said that she couldn't talk about the affair She later began working at the local Gold Club in Geismar. I was just sort of in the middle of the road,' Daniels told the Times about her status in school. [Trump could face felony charges](/news/article-11875495/Why-Donald-Trump-arrested-does-indictment-mean-presidency-run.html) if the $130,000 hush money paid to Daniels are counted as an illegal contribution to Trump's campaign for the purpose of influencing the election by keeping the scandal from emerging, as this would violate federal election laws. Daniels' (left) lawyer, Michael Avenatti (right), has argued that since Cohen received the non-disclosure agreement while working in an office in the Trump Tower, there can't really be a separation between Cohen and Trump He was wearing pyjama pants.' Daniels claimed she was threatened to stay quiet about the affair in an interview in March 2018, during which she said that a man approached her in a Las Vegas car park in 2011, telling her to 'leave Trump alone' after she agreed to speak to In Touch Weekly about the alleged affair. She said she last spoke to Trump in 2010, at around the same time she called off her campaign for senate. I don't know. Stormy Daniels (right) rose to fame outside the adult film industry for her alleged affair with former president Donald Trump (left) (picture taken in 2006) [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/style/stormy-daniels.html), Daniels said that she wanted to be a journalist when she was younger and that she was also interested in working with animals growing up. She claimed that Trump had paid her 'hush money' to keep quiet about their sexual encounter in the run up to the 2016 election.

As pressure mounts in Manhattan's hush-money investigation of former President Donald Trump, here's what we know about the key players in the probe.

[Is Donald Trump likely to be arrested soon? Will he be indicted?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/18/what-we-know-donald-trump-indictment/11498610002/) He pleaded guilty to 15 criminal charges and was Cohen’s close proximity to Trump during the alleged hush-money payments could prove pivotal if an indictment does come. He has testified at least 20 times on the former president’s alleged illegalities. Here's what we know about the process](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/20/trump-mugshot-arrested-indictment-manhattan-court/11508361002/) [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/20/house-gop-manhattan-da-trump/11508750002/). The former president is under investigation for a $130,000 payment he made just before the 2016 election to silence Daniels about an earlier affair. An arrest of Trump is not likely, [multiple experts told USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/18/donald-trump-claims-he-arrested-tuesday-manhattan-probe/11498285002/). [central to the case ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/15/stormy-daniels-meets-prosecutors-hush-money-probe/11479182002/)Manhattan prosecutors are building against the former president. [face criminal charges](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/18/what-we-know-donald-trump-indictment/11498610002/).

Trump is expected to be indicted any day now over his role in a hush money payment made to Daniels during the 2016 election.

[blind loyalty](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/michael-cohen-sentenced-mueller-trump-tower-russia-stormy)" to Trump. 6 insurrection, his phone call with a Georgia official where he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results, and for his handling of While the hush money payment would not in and of itself be illegal, improperly documenting the payments as Cohen's retainer fee [could](https://www.vox.com/2018/12/12/18138213/trump-illegal-hush-payments-women-explained) potentially constitute the crime of falsifying business records. In Georgia, he is being investigated for efforts to interfere with the 2020 election results. He also called his phone conversation with the Georgia election official "absolutely perfect." [horse farm](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11875861/Stormy-Daniels-married-porn-star-Barrett-Blade-Trump-faces-arrest.html) in Florida, the comment may also have been a tongue-in-cheek reference to Trump's go-to insult for her. “President Trump is rightfully highlighting his innocence and the weaponization of our injustice system," the spokesperson added. Trump has denied the relationship. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday. [later admitted](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hazelshearing/trump-says-campaign-money-played-no-role-in-repayments-for) to reimbursing Cohen for the money. "Wow! [2018](https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1052224021855637505), one of the many instances in which the former president has [attacked women for their appearance.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/remysmidt/trump-stormy-daniels-horseface-lawsuit-times-he-mocked)

In the years since news broke of Donald Trump allegedly directing a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, his lawyer went to jail for his ...

[Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109784174297062266), saying it is "very old" and happened "long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations." Cohen was [sentenced](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-sentenced-3-years-prison) to three years in prison that month; he spent slightly more than a year in prison and the remainder in home confinement. He said he won "big money" against Daniels, a reference to her [being ordered](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/stormy-daniels-must-pay-300k-donald-trump-losing-defamation-case-appea-rcna21002) to pay legal fees after losing her defamation case. The [Associated Press reported](https://apnews.com/article/trump-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-indictment-new-york-f3ce87a1b4ec50fbeaefcbe21f87ab0b) that New York’s statute of limitations for most felonies is five years, but the clock can stop when the defendant is continuously out of state. [tweeted](https://www.thetrumparchive.com/?searchbox=%22A+sketch+years+later%22) April 18, 2018: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. 6, 2021, attack](https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/dec/09/what-we-learned-about-donald-trump-jan-6-hearings/) on the U.S. Trump is also under investigation for [removing documents ](https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jan/27/timeline-classified-documents-seized-at-donald-tru/)from the White House when he left the presidency. The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the President's family," Giuliani said. After Trump was elected president, Daniels worked with an artist to render a sketch of the person who had allegedly threatened her about her plans to go public with the alleged affair. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly," Cohen said in a statement to [his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/donald-trump/trump-rehashes-debunked-claim-about-suitcases-ball/) and by federal prosecutors for his statements and actions [leading up to the Jan. Both claim to have had a sexual relationship with Trump in the mid 2000s while he was married to wife Melania.

However, in the build-up to the decision, claims appeared on social media suggesting that the former president had previously won a legal action against Daniels ...

You can look at ancient history, and you can see this is the kind of thing that ends a civilization." I'm starting to think his supporters are competing in a secret contest for who can come up with the most ridiculous inaccurate tweet." The First Amendment protects this type of rhetorical statement," Otero wrote in 2018. Daniels sued Trump for defamation after he denounced her claim that a man had threatened her not to come forward with details of their alleged affair. Rudy Guiliani, his former legal representative said that indicting Trump would be Trump had sought $389,000 in his request. Trump told his Truth social media followers on Saturday that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, and called for protests. He also testified the same more than 20 times in meetings with Manhattan prosecutors. ["the kind of thing that ends a civilization." While there is a crumb of truth behind this tweet, it's not clearly presented. She had initially been ordered to pay Trump's attorney fees of $293,000 by Judge S. James Otero of the U.S.

Porn star derides former president over hush money allegations as he rages about potential arrest.

Mr Bragg’s office has yet to confirm any such intention but in reaction to Mr Trump’s hysterical pronouncement, once more unwisely calling his supporters to arms, Ms Daniels tweeted: “I only respond when he posts about me or talks about me on TV...and only a fraction of that. “Giving him a ride straight to jail. See how sweet I am?” I can multitask! He probably watches my movies on repeat which may be why he has so many typos. [Stormy Daniels](/topic/stormy-daniels), a long-time thorn in the side of [Donald Trump](/topic/donald-trump), ridiculed the former president in a string of savage tweets on Sunday night.

Donald Trump is expected to be indicted over a case connected to hush money paid to Stormy Daniels in exchange of her silence about an affair they had.

It's always been my dream to sip coffee on my farm porch and watch my gorgeous horse graze. Anything exciting going on today?" In a series of tweets she asked her followers "anything exciting going on today?"

People close to former president said to be unsure whether he is serious about wanting to do a perp walk.

But Trump has rejected that approach and told various allies over the weekend that he didn’t care if someone shot him – he would become “a martyr”. Trump later reimbursed Cohen with $35,000 checks using his personal funds, which were recorded as legal expenses to Cohen. Trump’s increasing insistence that he wants to be handcuffed behind his back for a perp walk appears to come from various motivations, including that he wants to project defiance in the face of what he sees as an unfair prosecution and that it would galvanize his base for his 2024 presidential campaign.