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Stormy Daniels: The porn star who took centre stage at Trump’s hush money trial



Mr Trump denied having sex with either woman or any knowledge of the hush payment, and lashed out at Juan Merchan, who presided over the case.

“This was a rigged disgraceful trial,” he said, following the verdict. “We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man… our whole country is being rigged right now.”

It has also thrown Ms Daniels’s account of that fateful night in July 2006 back into the spotlight.

Who is Stormy Daniels?

Ms Daniels began her career as a dancer in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when as a 17-year-old she visited a strip club and was persuaded to perform a “guest set”.

“I made enough money on two songs to make more than I did all week answering phones at the riding stable that I worked at,” she later told the New York Times.

Working from the 11-hour shifts until the early hours of the morning, she began headlining shows across the state and within a few years had moved over to pornography – first as an actress, then a writer and director.

Ms Daniels was reportedly an exacting boss, who would sack under-performers and at one point demanded an actor change his “dumb” stage name.

She also made appearances in mainstream films, including the 2000s rom-com The 40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up.

Judd Apatow, who directed her in both films, recalled her as a “very serious businesswoman and a filmmaker”. He added: “She is not someone to be underestimated.”

In 2009, Ms Daniels publicly mulled running for the US Senate in Louisiana after the incumbent was engulfed in a prostitution scandal.

She declared herself a Republican and told reporters that her campaign slogan would be: “Screwing People Honestly.” She later ruled herself out of the race.

Golf course encounter

Then a flamboyant entrepreneur and reality TV star on NBC’s hit show The Apprentice, Mr Trump, 60, met the 27-year-old on a golf course at a celebrity tournament in Nevada.

He had travelled there alone, leaving behind his third wife Melania with their newborn son, Barron.

Mr Trump and Ms Daniels bumped into each other again later that day in the gift room and were photographed together at the booth for her porn studio, Wicked Pictures.

He invited her to dinner in his penthouse suite at the flashy Harrah’s Lake Tahoe hotel and casino, and she agreed.

Ms Daniels turned up in a spangly gold dress and strappy heels, she said, while he was wearing black silk pyjamas and slippers.



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