Stormy Daniels Says Man Threatened Her and Daughter to Keep Quiet About Trump Affair: ‘That’s a Beautiful Little Girl’
Stormy Daniels claimed in her 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper that a man threatened her and her young daughter in a parking lot to keep quiet about an affair she claims she had with Donald Trump.
The episode has yet to air, but CBS released a transcript of the interview on Sunday night.
The former porn star — whose real name in Stephanie Clifford — told Cooper that in 2011, five years after the alleged affair, she agreed to tell the story to a sister publication of In Touch magazine for $15,000. Two former employees of the magazine told CBS News that the piece never ran because Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, threatened to sue.
A few weeks after the story was spiked, Daniels said she was approached by a man in Las Vegas.
“I was in a parking lot, going to a fitness class with my infant daughter,” she said. “And a guy walked up on me and said to me, “Leave Trump alone. Forget the story.” And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, “That’s a beautiful little girl. It’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.” And then he was gone.”
“You took it as a direct threat?” Cooper asked.
“Absolutely,” Stormy replied. “I was rattled. I remember going into the workout class. And my hands are shaking so much, I was afraid I was gonna drop her.”
Cooper asked Daniels if she went to the police, and she said she did not, “Because I was scared.” Daniels added that if she saw the man today, she would instantly recognize him.
Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, first revealed on Morning Joe that his client had been physically threatened over her allegations against Trump.
Daniels is suing Trump to nullify a nondisclosure agreement she signed weeks before the 2016 election to keep quiet about the alleged affair. Though she was paid $130,000 as part of the agreement, she claims it is void because Trump never signed it. Daniels dished to Cooper about the gritty details of affair on 60 Minutes, which is likely to provide fodder to Trump and Cohen’s legal case against her.
This post will be updated with video when it becomes available.
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