Adult film star Stormy Daniels says in a new documentary that she accepted hush money from former President Trump because she was “in fear” for her life.
daniels in the movie Now streaming on Peacockshe said she was “very relieved” when former manager Gina Rodriguez reached out and gave her “a chance to keep quiet.”
“It was so scary!” Daniels said, Highlighted by Mediaite. “So people are being killed suspiciously for political reasons.”
The actress said she was told by a friend that she might be in trouble because it’s “a problem for the entire Republican Party” as President Trump runs for the White House for the first time. Daniels said her friend also added that politicians “want you to solve their problems.”
Daniels said she accepted the money paid to avoid talking about her alleged affair with Trump in 2006 to avoid the story becoming public and to protect her husband and daughter. He claimed that it was because he wanted to.
In the film, she also admitted that she received $130,000 because “there would be a paper trail and a monetary trail linking me to Donald Trump so that Donald Trump couldn’t kill me.” Ta.
“All I had to do was sign this paper and raise $130,000,” she added.
Trump was charged with 34 felonies for falsifying business records in connection with payments he made during the 2016 campaign. Prosecutors have argued that the money was payback to former president’s fixer Michael Cohen, who is now an outspoken critic of the former president, for paying Daniels to keep quiet about the affair allegations. ing.
The judge overseeing the case ruled Monday that both Cohen and Daniels can testify at the upcoming trial, overriding Trump’s objections.
The trial was originally scheduled to begin next week, but was postponed for at least several weeks after new documents came to light. Still, the case could be presented to a jury in the spring.
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