Porn star 'free' to discuss ties with Trump

WASHINGTON - An American porn star who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump before he became president now feels free to tell her story, her manager said on Wednesday.

After Trump's long-time personal lawyer admitted paying $130, 000 to Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, the actress's manager suggested a non-disclosure agreement had been broken.

"Everything is off now, and Stormy is going to tell her story," manager Gina Rodriguez told US media.

Trump's aide and special counsel Michael Cohen has refused to say why he paid Daniels the vast sum but was not, as he claims, reimbursed by the "Trump Organisation nor the Trump campaign."

Trump declined to comment on the issue. The White House has dodged questions about whether allegations of an affair are true, claiming the matter was dealt with during the campaign.

In January, celebrity magazine In Touch published a 2011 interview with Daniels - whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - in which she details having "textbook generic" sex with Trump.

She recalled meeting Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, shortly after the president's wife Melania Trump gave birth to their son Barron.

Since the alleged signing of a confidentiality agreement, Daniels has denied the affair took place and then appeared to deny making the denial. The allegations bubbled away before the election but have resurfaced because of a legal case that claims Cohen's payment may have broken campaign finance laws. The lawyer said he did nothing wrong. Daniels has been taking advantage of her newfound notoriety.

In January, she appeared at the Trophy Club strip club in South Carolina as part of a "Make America Horny Again" tour - a tongue-incheek reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan - that will also reportedly take her to several other states over the next few months.