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‘The sex in my films is real just like what happened with Trump,’ says Stormy Daniels as she clashes with Don’s lawyer
Stormy's revelation comes after jurors heard details about her and Trump's alleged affair
ADULT film actress Stormy Daniels was accused of making up phony sex stories as she was once again quizzed on her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
But the porn star hit back at the ex-president's legal team during his New York hush money trial as she said: "The sex in my films is real like just like happened in that hotel room."
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Defense attorney Susan Necheles dug at Daniels, 45, trying to discredit her as a liar by claiming she made up the affair with Trump in 2006 and was trying to profit off the story instead.
Necheles drilled on Daniels' career as a porn star, stating, "You have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real."
"Wow," Daniels, who was born Stephanie Clifford, said as she took a long pause.
"That's not how I would put it. The sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room.
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"The character themes might be different, but the sex is very real.
"That's why it's pornography, not a B movie."
When asked about supposedly faking her affair with Trump, Daniels snapped, "If that story was not true, I would've written it to be a lot better."
Necheles replied, "Because you're a good story writer, right?"
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'MONEY GRAB'
The defense attorney continued to dig at Daniels regarding how much money she profited from going public with her story about the supposed affair.
Necheles underlined to jurors how, in 2016, Daniels was speaking to several reporters about her encounter with Trump.
Donald Trump visibly uncomfortable as Stormy Daniels gives frank testimony on their ‘relationship’ at hush money trial
The attorney stressed that at the same time, the porn star was negotiating her non-disclosure agreement with Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for which she received $130,000.
Daniels confessed that at the time, she was speaking to the editor of Slate Magazine about potentially publishing her story.
The adult film star said the editor was a "backup" plan if the NDA with Cohen fell through.
Necheles suggested that Daniels wanted money from Slate and stopped speaking with the magazine after learning she wouldn't be paid for her story.
"At this point, you were asking for money, you wanted money from President Trump," Necheles asked, to which Daniels replied, "No."
"I was asking to sell my story to publications to get the truth out," the porn star added.
Necheles pressed, "But they weren't willing to give you money, right?"
"No," Daniels responded.
Trump's attorney then asked Daniels why she had signed the NDA, even though she would have gotten her story out with Slate.
"This was a better alternative," she said on the stand.
The defense underscored Daniels' 2018 interview with 60 Minutes, which Necheles said led to other moneymaking opportunities, including a $800,000 book contract - to sell her story.
"Now, you have been paid almost $930,000, almost a million dollars, for selling this story?" Necheles asked.
Daniels told the court that she was not paid for her interview on 60 Minutes.
However, the defense accused her of capitalizing off the publicity, "You capitalized by doing a strip club tour called 'Make America Horny Again.'"
Daniels said she fought "tooth and nail" against the tour name, saying, "I did not name that tour."
Trump was leaning back in his chair and kept his eyes closed for much of Daniels' testimony, according to CNN.
Daniels was on the stand for roughly seven hours, spanning two days.
Earlier this week, Daniels opened up about how she met Trump during a golf tournament in 2006.
The pair met in Lake Tahoe where she was working at the event to promote the porn studio Wicked Pictures.
Daniels told the court that Trump was as old or potentially even older than her dad.
She revealed her publicist encouraged her to have dinner with the brash tycoon before meeting him at his penthouse hotel room.
She then detailed how she was shown a magazine cover that Trump was emblazoned on the front.
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in connection with alleged hush money payments.
His trial is now in its third week of testimony.
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The history of Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels
Donald Trump is at the center of a hush money trial in connection with his alleged affair with porn star, Stormy Daniels, in July 2006. Trump, through his former attorney Michael Cohen, is accused of falsifying business records and wiring $130,000 to Stormy Daniels months before the 2016 presidential election to silence her about the alleged affair.
July 2006: Trump and Daniels met at the American Celebrity Golf Tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
- Daniels testified on May 7, 2024, that at the time, Trump's bodyguard, Keith Schiller, approached her and told her the real estate tycoon wanted to have dinner with her.
- Daniels said she declined, but Schiller gave her his contact information.
- After consulting with her team, Daniels said she met Trump for dinner at his penthouse hotel room.
- Daniels testified in court that after dinner, the two had consensual sex in his room.
- Donald Trump has repeatedly denied having an affair with Stormy Daniels.
- In the months and years that followed, Daniels said she maintained a relationship with Trump, meeting him at bars, social clubs, and events.
January 2007: Daniels and Trump reunited at a party in Los Angeles, which he was sponsoring, and there she said she met Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who also claims to have had an affair with the former president.
- On that day, Daniels said Trump repeatedly propositioned her to go home with him that night, but she declined.
June 2007: Nearly a year after the supposed affair, Daniels said Trump invited her to his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel to discuss her possible appearance on his television show, The Apprentice - an appearance she never made.
- June 2007 was the last time Daniels said she saw Trump, but stayed in contact over the phone.
April 2011: Stormy Daniels considered selling her account of her supposed affair with Trump to a publishing company for $15,000.
- Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, got hold of the potential article and intervened. Daniels was not paid.
October 2011: The gossip website The Dirty reported that Daniels and Trump allegedly had sex after a golf tournament.
July 2016: Trump secured the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
October 2016: Daniels, with the assistance of her attorney, discussed going public about the supposed affair with the editor of the tabloid The National Enquirer.
- Later that month, Cohen wired $130,000 to Stormy Daniels in a potential hush money payment.
November 2016: Trump wins the presidential election.
January 2018: The Wall Street Journal reported that Stormy Daniels received a $130,000 hush money payment from Cohen in the days before the 2016 presidential election.
- Later that month, Daniels publicly denied having an affair with Trump.
April 2018: The FBI executed a search warrant on Michael Cohen.
August 2018: Cohen pleads guilty in a federal courtroom.
March 2021: The Manhattan District Attorney opened an investigation into the supposed hush money deal involving Trump.
March 2023: Trump is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from Daniels' hush money payment.
April 2024: Trump's criminal trial starts in a downtown Manhattan courtroom.