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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 8 March 2018
Lawyer: Porn star sues to clarify record on Trump affair

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and Asked about Avenatti's a party to the transaction
CATHERINE LUCEY claims Wednesday, White with Ms. Clifford, and nei-
Associated Press House spokeswoman Sarah ther reimbursed me for the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Huckabee Sanders said: payment, either directly or
porn star who has said she "We've addressed our feel- indirectly."
had sex with Donald Trump ings on that situation, and I The lawsuit charges that the
filed a lawsuit seeking to don't have anything else to Oct. 28, 2016 "hush agree-
invalidate a nondisclosure add." ment" is legally invalid be-
agreement and "set the Clifford alleges that she cause it was only signed
record straight," her lawyer began an "intimate rela- by Clifford and Cohen. The
said Wednesday. tionship" with Trump in 2006 agreement refers to Trump
Adult film actress Stormy and that it continued "well as David Dennison and Clif-
Daniels, whose real name into the year 2007," accord- ford as Peggy Peterson, but
is Stephanie Clifford, filed ing to the lawsuit. She said an attached exhibit details
a lawsuit in Los Angeles the relationship included their true identities.
County Superior Court on encounters in Lake Tahoe, Clifford's lawsuit also al-
Tuesday. She alleges that Nevada, and Beverly Hills, leges that Trump and Co- In this Feb. 11, 2007, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels
the agreement she signed California. Trump married hen "aggressively sought to arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
days before the 2016 presi- his current wife, Melania silence Ms. Clifford as part Associated Press
dential election, which pre- Trump, in 2005. of an effort to avoid her
vented her from discussing Clifford claims she had sex telling the truth, thus help- up' in order to 'protect an arbitration proceeding
the alleged sexual encoun- with Trump once and then ing to ensure he won the Mr. Trump' continue un- against her.
ters, is "null and void and of carried on a subsequent Presidential Election." abated," the lawsuit said. Cohen did not respond to
no consequence" because yearslong platonic relation- "To be clear, the attempts Clifford alleges that as re- requests for comment on
Trump didn't personally sign ship. to intimidate Ms. Clifford cently as last week, Trump's Tuesday and Wednesday.
it. Previously, through a law- into silence and 'shut her attorney tried to initiate q
Her lawyer, Michael Av- yer, Clifford denied the two
enatti, said on morning had an affair, but Avenatti
news shows Wednesday said Wednesday that was
that she wants "to set the to meet the terms of the
record straight." He said on nondisclosure agreement.
NBC there was "no ques- Trump's attorney Michael
tion" Trump knew about the Cohen has denied there
agreement, though he did was ever an affair.
not offer any proof. Cohen has said he paid
Avenatti said Daniels the porn actress $130,000
wasn't looking to profit from out of his own pocket as
her story. But he told CBS: "I part of the agreement. He
don't know whether she's has also said that "neither
going to ultimately seek the Trump Organization nor
payment or not." the Trump campaign was

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Tribeca Film Festival

By JAKE COYLE Donald Trump's inaugura-
NEW YORK (AP) — Forty-six tion. It debuts on Showtime
percent of the 96 films pre- in May.
miering at this year's Tribe- The festival's centerpiece
ca Film Festival are direct- will be the sci-fi romance
ed by women — a record "Zoe," from director Drake
for Tribeca — including Doremus and starring Ewan
the festival's closing night McGregor and Lea Sey-
selection: Liz Garbus' New doux. Making a stop at
York Times documentary Tribeca after earlier festi-
"The Fourth Estate." val premieres are Susanna
The annual New York festi- White’s “Woman Walks
val announced the feature Ahead,” with Jessica Chas-
film lineup for its 17th edi- tain, and Haifaa Al Man-
tion on Wednesday. Clos- sour’s “Mary Shelley,” with
ing the festival will be "The Elle Fanning.
Fourth Estate," for which Tribeca, which runs April 18-
Garbus spent months in 29, previously announced
the Times newsroom docu- the Gilda Radner docu-
menting the paper's inner- mentary “Love, Gilda” as
workings after President its opener.q