ADULT FILM STAR: I GOT THREAT IN 2011 OVER ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP
WASHINGTON — Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a highly anticipated interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday.
Daniels said she was threatened in 2011 by an unidentified man in Las Vegas to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with Trump, an incident that she said happened while she was with her young daughter. She said in the interview that she had one encounter of consensual sex with the future president.
“He knows I’mtelling the truth,” said Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford. She does not allege she was coerced in her encounter with Trump, saying, “This is not a ‘ MeToo.’ I was not a victim.”
Daniels received a $ 130,000 payment days before the 2016 presidential election for her silence and has sought to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement.
The White House did not immediately comment Sunday. Trump, through his representatives, has denied the allegations. His attorney, Michael Cohen, has said Trump never had an affair with Daniels. Cohen has said he paid the $ 130,000 out of his pocket.
In the interview, Daniels described a sexual encounter with Trump that began with him talking about himself and showing her a magazine with his picture on the cover. Shesaidsheasked,“Doesthis . . . does this normally work for you?” He was taken aback, she says. “And I was like, ‘ Someone should take that magazine and spank you with it.’” She says she then ordered him to drop his pants and, in a playful manner, “I just gave him a couple swats.”
She said they talked some more and that she became more comfortable.
“He was like, ‘ Wow, you — you are special. You remind me of my daughter.’”
She said after dinner in Trump’s room, they had sex. Afterward, he asked to see her again, she said.
Daniels was asked why she’s talking now: “Because it was very important to me to be able to defendmyself,” she said.