‘Nobody wants to say that they had sex with Trump...’
PORN STAR: I FELT LIKE I HAD TO SPEAK OUT
PORN star Stormy Daniels has told a court that “nobody would ever want to publicly say” they had sex with Donald Trump.
The actress hit back at questioning from the former president’s lawyer as she was cross-examined in his hush money criminal trial.
Trump’s defence attorney, Susan Necheles, said: “Even though you’d agreed you’d not discuss this supposed story and had received a lot of money for that agreement, you decided you wanted to publicly say you had sex with Trump.” Daniels (45) answered it was not the case and “nobody would ever want to publicly say that”.
Career
She felt she had to speak out after Trump’s thenlawyer, Michael Cohen, started sharing the story. She clarified that she had made no money from a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast in America. Necheles then questioned Daniels about her career in adult movies.
“The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me ‘HUSH MONEY’: Trump at the trial in New York and (inset) with Stormy in that room,” Daniels replied, referring to her alleged time in Trump’s room at a 2006 golf tournament.
Necheles then pressed Daniels: “And according to you, seeing a man and Tshirt and boxers was so offending you nearly fainted?”
“Yes,” Daniels relied. “It was Mr Trump on the bed, an older man sitting there. I was not expecting him to be there.”
When asked if she wanted money from Trump, Daniels said: “No, I never asked for money from anyone in particular. I asked for money to tell my story.”
After Daniels said that she entered negotiations over a non-disclosure agreement to keep her silent and accepted an offer, Necheles pressed her on whether she was going to do a press conference.
Daniels said: “I chose to be safe.”
“You chose to make money, right?” Necheles asked, to which Daniels replied, “I chose to take the nondisclosure.”
The case centres on claims of a €120,000 payment to Daniels by Cohen.
She was paid by Trump’s lawyer to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with the businessman from surfacing in the final days of the 2016 election race.
Prosecutors say Trump paid back his lawyer and obscured the true nature of payments in internal documents.
Model
The tycoon has denied having a sexual encounter with Daniels, as well as Playboy model Karen McDougal.
His lawyers argue that the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. If found guilty, he could face up to four years in prison.
The trial continues.