Aug 22, 2020 · The president's personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Daniels, who filed the suit under her legal name Stephanie Clifford. After Trump's election, Daniels sued to void the ...
Mar 22, 2022 · CNBC has reached out to a spokesman for Daniels seeking comment on the ruling. The case has its origins in the fall of 2016, when Trump was the Republican nominee for president, and his...
Mar 22, 2022 · Michael Cohen, then a lawyer for Trump, paid Daniels $130,000 before the 2016 presidential election to remain silent about a sexual encounter she alleged she had had with the married Trump in 2006.
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Meanwhile, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, among other crimes, and was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018. The Associated Press.
The order in Superior Count in Los Angeles determined Daniels won her lawsuit against Trump over the agreement that was signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election. As a part of that deal, the losing party would pay the lawyers fees.
The president's personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to Daniels, who filed the suit under her legal name Stephanie Clifford. After Trump's election, Daniels sued to void the agreement.
Daniels has sued both Trump and Cohen, the former for violating the non-disclosure agreement, alleging it was invalid because he didn’t actually sign it, and the latter for defamation. Michael Avenatti, Daniels’ attorney said Wednesday that the acknowledgement of the payments will strengthen his client’s argument.
That would presumably include his $130,000 to Cohen, who he reimbursed for paying off Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in the weeks before the election to prevent her from discussing her alleged affair with Trump.