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ADULT FILM STAR Stormy Daniels, locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump over their alleged affair, was arrested yesterday while performing at a strip club in what her lawyer described as a “politically motivated” setup.
Daniels was arrested at a club in Columbus, Ohio while performing an act she has done at nearly 100 strip clubs across America, Michael Avenatti wrote on Twitter.
He said Daniels was arrested for allegedly allowing a customer to touch her in a non-sexual way while on stage.
“This was a setup & politically motivated. It reeks of desperation. We will fight all bogus charges,” Avenatti wrote.
“They are devoting law enforcement resources to sting operations for this? There has to be higher priorities!!!,” he added.
Avenatti said in a later tweet that he expects Daniels to be released on bail “shortly” and charged with a misdemeanor for “touching”.
“We will vehemently contest all charges,” he wrote.
Daniels – real name Stephanie Clifford — is suing Trump and his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to nullify a 2016 non-disclosure agreement preventing her from speaking out about the affair she says she had with Trump in 2006.
Just days before the 2016 election, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence.
She is hoping to have the non-disclosure agreement thrown out on the grounds that it is not valid because Trump never signed it.
Through White House officials, Trump has denied the affair, although Cohen has admitted paying Daniels $130,000 as part of the agreement. He initially said he used his own money to pay Daniels and was not reimbursed by Trump.
However, Trump — who initially denied knowledge of the payment — subsequently conceded that Cohen was in fact reimbursed.
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By God Trump is getting desperate
@Chucky Arlaw:
Would anyone be surprised if Democrats suggested running her for President?
Exactly.
@Jimmy Coltrane: Eh, yeah they would.
Seriously, you think they wouldn’t be!?
@Tricia G: She would be no worse than Hillary.
Yes, she’s a person of ill repute but that speaks volumes of the president of America and the hush money he paid. No standards anymore
@DaisyMay: ill repute? Who let the time traveller in?
@Ciara Ni Mhurchu: Have you seen any of her porn “work”?
Her act is called ‘make America sexy again’. Is she a person of integrity? Is the writer of this story, who didn’t mention the obvious act title for “political reasons”, a person of integrity or is this just more fake news?
@Just Eoïn: *worries about persons of integrity*
*supports Donald Trump*
@Just Eoïn: Not worried that your great leader likes to be peed at or on by Russian Prostitues then.
@Just Eoïn: stop being such a snowflake. That’s a very funny name for the act in the context.
@Just Eoïn: jesus Eoin, chillax will ya.
@Just Eoïn: Yet Trump had sex with her. That’s an odd hill to die on Eoin.
@Just Eoïn:
Are you suggesting she’s lying about being arrested?
@Walt Jabsco: Like the trained monkeys they are, It’s all they can do.. Spout “Fake News” but not know what they actually mean.
@Ossi Fritsche: Proof please.
@Ossi Fritsche: Proof please.
Another stormy situation for the Orange one to sort out
Who actually foookin cares. Seriously. What a joke. Am I resign the Sun newspaper or the Journal.
Once she allowed the sleaziest, slimiest and creepiest man in the world to touch her, nothing else could be more demeaning.
She seems like a decent and good sort, a little vulnerable and badly used by others. I hope that she is not further victimized.
@Paul Laing: Yeah, she’s such a decent prostitute.
@Paul Laing: Yeah, she’s such a decent prostitute.
The irony will be lost on the 40% of the American population who approve of Trump, that an enemy of Trump can be arrested for being touched, while he gets off scott free for grabbing women in their most private part.
@David Knight: He never grabbed any woman, do you have any link that proves he did?
@Edward Smith: Just him saying it.
@Rob Cahill: hmmm, a confession you say? If only you had verifiable audio
@Dave O Keeffe: That was just a bunch of lads slagging each other and having a bit of crack.
@Edward Smith: Well, there are plenty of women who have lodged formal complaints to the police that he sexually assaulted them, and then there is the fact that he himself admitted to this behaviour on tape. While that may not be enough for someone who will hear no evil or see no evil when it comes to Trump, it’s enough for me.
@Edward Smith: And “a bit of crack” was really not the right term to use in your last response….
They were always going to get her for something.
You can’t beat city hall.
Oh boy, if this is the type of person is all the libs can come up with to smear the Preaident, they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
I woulddn’t belive a word out of her mouth.
You don’t believe that she was arrested? Or you don’t believe her lawyer? Or you don’t believe the cops? Trump, all the same, would seem to have spent a lot of hush money on somebody that you don’t believe in. Why on earth had he paid for her silence if he didn’t want to credit her with speaking the truth? Oh, well, it was most likely campaign funds, or inherited wealth, and his business how it was spent.
A storm in a bra cup….
@minorproblem: a storm in a D cup
Honeypot yields $130,000.
Oh boy, if this is the type of person is all the libs can come up with to smear the Preaident, they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
I woulddn’t belive a word out of her mouth.
Sorry for the double postings, something up with my computer. Anyone know how to solve this?
@Edward Smith: switch it off
@Edward Smith: Try running a virus check; people do tend to get a lot of random malware from accessing porn sites.
That clearly shows the stupidity of the US laws. You can be arrested because someone touch you in a non sexual way in a strip club?
@Vincent: it’s the difference between ‘dancing’ and prostitution.
Prostitute’s lawyer says it reeks of desperation. Even for a lawyer that’s hilarious.
@Johnny Magorey: When did she become a prostitute?? I suppose if you lot thought Mary Magdalene was one then anyone could be one.
@Rob Cahill: who’s my lot? Strawman? She’s paid to have sex. She’s a human kleenex looking for one last bit of attention.
@Rob Cahill: Have you seen her porn movies?
@Edward Smith: No I haven’t but I assume you have and yet you judge her for being in one but not yourself for watching a porn movie? Isn’t this called hypocrisy?
I’m confused, is it a crime to be touched in a non-sexual manner?
Ah, the U.S. – where prostitution and sexual assault are illegal unless your mate films it and sticks it up on PornHub. Then it’s a “production”.
As for the people who pay good money to watch her ‘perform’… need their heads examined.
Lovely country…honest!
Storm in a D cup
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