Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against Trump

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 10:22pm |

By Sara Sidner, MJ Lee, Javier De Diego and Maeve Reston @ CNN.com, Updated 9:41 PM ET,April 30

President Donald Trump's chief provocateur has struck again -- this time with a lawsuit alleging defamation of adult film star Stormy Daniels.

In what appeared to be an effort to keep her case at the center of the news after a delay in a related case in California, Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, filed a new lawsuit on Daniels' behalf on Monday. The suit alleges that Trump attempted to tarnish her reputation and credibility by dismissing her account -- and subsequent description -- of a man who threatened her in 2011, at a time when she was ready to go public about her alleged affair with Trump [....]

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