Porn star offers to return US$130,000

WASHINGTON: Porn star Stormy Daniels ( pix), who claims to have had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump over a decade ago, offered on Monday to return the US$130,000 (RM507,000) she received in exchange for agreeing not to discuss the affair, The New York Times reported.

The newspaper said the offer to return the money was made in a letter from Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, to Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Avenatti filed a lawsuit on behalf of Daniels last week seeking to toss out the confidential settlement she signed just days before the November 2016 election.

The lawsuit alleges that Daniels began an “intimate relationship” with Trump in the summer of 2006 that continued into 2007.

In Monday’s letter, Avenatti said that once Daniels returned the money the “hush agreement” would be deemed “null and void” and she could “speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the president and the attempts to silence her”.

Daniels would also be allowed to “publish any text messages, photos and/or videos relating to the president that she may have in her possession, all without fear of retribution and legal liability for damages”, it said.

Avenatti said Daniels would wire the money into an account of Trump’s choosing by Friday, the Times said.

Cohen, was given until 1600 GMT Tuesday (midnight in Malaysia) to respond. – AFP