CNN’s Cuomo Grills Stormy’s Lawyer on Claims She Was Threatened: She Has ‘Very Specific Details’

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels‘ lawyer, told Morning Joe on Friday that Daniels has proof she was threatened with physical harm. And by time Avenatti appeared on New Day host Chris Cuomo was ready to grill the lawyer on specifics.

“You have to have proof of this. I say it’s an allegation. You say it’s a fact,” Cuomo said. “The difference between the two is proof. You’re saying she will have proof, when she says she was threatened, she’ll say by whom and how?”

“What I’m saying is she’s going to be able to provide very specific details about what happened here,” Avenatti replied.

“Including who made the threat?” Cuomo asked.

“I’m confident that the American people after this interview are going to come away and have little to no doubt that this woman is credible, she’s telling the truth, and she knows what she’s talking about,” Avenatti said.

But Cuomo would not be deterred from the main question. “Just not to dance around that, she has to say who issued the threat. The threat is only as good as its source.”

“I think I’ve answered the question. I think when people tune in on the 25th of March, they’ll know she’s shooting straight,” he said, dodging once again.

“You can yes-no on that. You’re a lawyer, not a PR guy. It’s not about hyping the interview… But the idea of was this somebody close to the president of the United States?”

“I think when people tune in, they’ll learn what happened,” Avenatti said.

Cuomo went on to grill Avenatti about why he didn’t come forward with the threats earlier, as proving that an NDA was signed under duress could render the agreement invalid.

“As you know, proving duress is a very difficult thing under the law,” Avenatti replied. “And so why prove duress if you can just point to the agreement and allege that it wasn’t signed?”

“Huge difference,” Cuomo said. “Not only perhaps in terms of legal sufficiency, but in terms of public court and public opinion. I mean, we’re having this conversation here and not in front of a magistrate for a reason.”

“I agree,” Avenatti submitted.

(Maybe Cuomo should’ve been Stormy’s lawyer.)

Watch above, via CNN.

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