RUDY TURN IN STORMY SAGA
Giuliani tries to cut down Trump accuser’s credibility
LOS ANGELES — President Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Stormy Daniels’ claim she had sex with Trump in 2006 isn’t credible because she’s a porn actress with “no reputation,” quickly drawing condemnation from members of the legal sex industry.
“I’m sorry I don’t respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who isn’t going to sell her body for sexual exploitation,” Giuliani said at a conference in Tel Aviv.
Daniels’ work as an adult film actress “entitles you to no degree of giving your credibility any weight,” he said, adding that people could “just look” at Daniels to know she wasn’t believable.
“Excuse me, but when you look at Stormy Daniels ...” Giuliani said, prompting the moderator to interject and tell him that he must respect women while speaking at the “Globes” Capital Market conference.
The adult film industry took the former New York City mayor to task yesterday, saying his comments demean women in general and were aimed solely at discrediting Daniels because of how she makes a living and not based on the facts of the case.
“The fact of the matter is the average person in the adult film industry is generally no more or less honest than any other person in society, and in the case of Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, probably quite a bit more honest,” said Mark Kernes, senior editor of Adult Video News, the industry’s trade publication, and a longtime friend of Daniels’.
Jackie Martin, a spokeswoman for Vivid Entertainment, one of the industry’s largest porn producers, said Giuliani’s comments were “offensive and outlandish.”
“Many talented women of substance have chosen to make their careers in the adult industry,” she said.
Trump has denied Daniels’ allegations that they had sex just months after his wife, Melania, gave birth to their son.
Giuliani said the first lady doesn’t believe Daniels’ claim.
But Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s spokeswoman, said yesterday: “I don’t believe Mrs. Trump has ever discussed her thoughts on anything with Mr. Giuliani.”
Giuliani’s comments also drew a heated response from Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, who called for Trump to immediately fire Giuliani.
Giuliani declined to comment further when reached by The Associated Press.