The porn star, the president and ‘hush money’: Why Donald Trump faces arrest
The Hindu
Stormy Daniels recounts her fateful encounter with Donald Trump at the Nevada golf resort on the shores of Lake Tahoe in her 2018 tell-all book “Full Disclosure”. Donald Trump has denied all the allegations made by Stormy Daniels of having sex with her and has accused her of “extortion” and a “total con job.”
In July 2006, real estate tycoon and reality television star Donald Trump met an adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.
Exactly what happened next is in dispute but it appears likely to culminate this week in the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the United States.
These are the events leading up to the politically explosive case and Daniels' role in it:
In her 2018 tell-all book "Full Disclosure," Ms. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, recounts her fateful encounter with Mr. Trump at the Nevada golf resort on the shores of Lake Tahoe.
A picture taken at the time shows them posing together at a porn studio booth where Daniels was working as a "greeter."
Mr. Trump is wearing a red hat, yellow polo shirt and khaki pants. The voluptuous Ms. Daniels is standing next to him in a tight-fitting black top that exposes her midriff.
Ms. Daniels was 27 at the time and Mr. Trump 60. His third wife, Ms. Melania, had given birth to their son Barron about four months earlier.
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