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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 18 april 2018

Stormy Daniels' big reveal: sketch of man who threatened her

By CATHERINE LUCEY day, as a U.S. District judge scription: "I thought the de-
Associated Press heard debate over what scription said he was 6' 2"! I
WASHINGTON (AP) — should happen to those re- am all good."
Stormy Daniels injected cords. Daniels insisted she remem-
fresh mystery into the sen- On Tuesday, Daniels, bered the years-prior park-
sational story of the presi- whose legal name is Steph- ing lot encounter vividly, in
dent, the fixer and the porn anie Clifford, said she was part because the man was
star on Tuesday, releasing speaking out because she "sort of handsome."
an artist's sketch of the man was "done being bullied." Building suspense, Avenatti
she says threatened her in Recalling the alleged recently tweeted a photo
a Las Vegas parking lot to threat, Daniels said she he said showed Daniels sit-
stay quiet about her sexual and her daughter were ap- ting with a sketch artist. He
tryst with Donald Trump. proached in a parking lot set up a suitably pugna-
After teasing the reveal by a man who said: "Oh it's cious email address to re-
for more than a week, a beautiful little girl, would ceive information from tip-
the adult film actress ap- be a shame if something sters — idthethug@gmail.
peared on ABC's "The View" happened to her mom. com — and said later Tues-
to unveil an image of the Forget about this story, day that he had already
man she says menaced leave Mr. Trump alone." received hundreds of tips.
her and her young daugh- Daniels said she did not re- After Daniels first alleged
ter and warned her in 2011 port the threat at the time on CBS several weeks ago
to keep quiet about a 2006 because she would have that she had been threat-
encounter with Trump. Up- had to reveal the alleged ened, a lawyer for Cohen
ping the stakes, her at- affair and she was afraid. demanded that she pub-
torney, Michael Avenatti, "I didn't want everyone to licly apologize to his client
pledged a $100,000 reward know. I didn't want my fam- for suggesting Cohen was
for information leading to ily to find out that way. I involved. Daniels respond-
the man's identification. didn't want my life to turn ed by filing a revised feder-
While the mad internet upside down," she said. al lawsuit accusing Cohen
scramble to identify the The artist's sketch depicts a of defamation. The White
man added to the circus white male in his 30s or 40s House has also said Trump
atmosphere surrounding and carries a description does not believe any of
the president's legal trou- of him as "lean but fit." The Daniels' claims.
bles, the development also image quickly prompted a An attorney for Cohen did
kept a spotlight on what flurry of online speculation not immediately respond
Trump views as an increas- about the person's identity, to a request for comment
ingly serious threat: the fed- with Twitter commenta- Tuesday.
eral investigation into his tors wildly comparing the Daniels, currently on a na-
longtime image protector. image to a number of ce- tional strip-club tour, said
Daniels says that Trump's lebrities, including football she has gained fame from This artist's drawing released by attorney Michael Avenatti, re-
ports to show the man that the adult film actress Stormy Daniels
personal attorney, Michael player Tom Brady, musician her alleged encounter with says threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 to remain
Cohen, paid her $130,000 Jon Bon Jovi and actor Wil- Trump but "this isn't what I quiet about her affair with President Donald Trump.
just before the 2016 elec- lem Dafoe. want to be known for." She Associated Press
tion to keep quiet about Even some Trump allies also said she did not name
her relationship with the got in on the action. After her tour "Make America of the experience has been and didn't know where Co-
GOP nominee. The case a Twitter posting showed Horny Again" — a play on "downright scary," adding hen had gotten the money.
took on new significance the sketch next to a photo Trump's "Make America that her daughter needs a The White House has con-
last week when FBI agents of short-lived White House Great Again" slogan. She tutor and she has engaged sistently said Trump denies
raided Cohen's office, look- communications director called it "cheesy" and said bodyguards. the affair.
ing for information on top- Anthony Scaramucci, the the idea came from one of Trump answered questions Asked about Trump's deni-
ics including the payment always camera-ready fig- the clubs where she made about Daniels for the first als, Daniels was unmoved.
to Daniels. Both Daniels ure known as "the Mooch" an appearance. time recently, saying he "I work in the adult busi-
and Cohen were in court joked that he wasn't tall While she's getting more at- had no knowledge of the ness," she said. "And I'm a
in New York City on Mon- enough to match the de- tention, Daniels said, much payment made by Cohen better actress than he is."q