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City attorney criticizes law used to arrest Stormy Daniels

By ANGIE WANG and AN- because on-duty public of- to be “very Pro-Trump” so-
DREW WELSH-HUGGINS ficials are not legally con- cial media pages.
Associated Press sidered patrons. Daniels, whose real name
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Daniels, 39, was arrested is Stephanie Clifford, claims
state law that police cited last week and accused to have had sex with Don-
in porn actress Stormy Dan- of illegally rubbing under- ald Trump before he be-
iels’ arrest should not be cover police officers’ faces came president.
enforced, an Ohio city at- against her bare breasts Avenatti said Wednesday
torney said. during a performance at he applauds Klein’s deci-
Future charges filed under a strip club. Prosecutors sion. The lawyer represent-
that law will not be pros- dropped charges hours ing the other employees
ecuted, wrote Columbus later, saying the law only arrested said he was glad
City Attorney Zach Klein applied to those who regu- the situation was promptly
Wednesday in a memo to larly performed at the club. addressed. But his clients’
the city’s police chief. Klein This was Daniels’ debut at arrests still caused them
also dismissed charges Sirens in Columbus. lasting harm, including ha-
brought against two other Last week, Columbus po- rassment and damage to
employees arrested with lice Chief Kim Jacobs said their reputations, said attor-
Daniels. she took full responsibility for ney Ed Hastie.
The 10-year-old law states the mistake made in Dan- Hastie added the under-
dancers at “sexually orient- iels’ arrest, and the under- cover operation was a poor
ed” businesses are prohib- cover officers’ motivations use of police resources.
ited from touching custom- will be reviewed internally. “Vice teams should be
ers and vice versa. Without providing details, stopping drug use instead
Klein called the law “glar- Jacobs said unsubstantiat- of concerning themselves
ingly inequitable” because ed allegations about their with the technicalities of
its applicability depends motivations were circulat- what my clients were wear-
on how regularly the em- ing on social media. Dan- ing,” he said.
ployee performs. He also This photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on iels’ lawyer Michael Av- Messages seeking com-
says employees who touch Thursday, July 12, 2018, shows porn actress Stormy Daniels. enatti said some of the of- ment were left Wednesday
police are not in violation Associated Press ficers had what appeared for Columbus police.q

Soy “milk” makers may need to find alternative description

spelling out how foods with cy expects to get sued,
various names need to be since dictionary definitions
manufactured. are broader and say milk
“The question becomes, comes from a lactating an-
have we been enforcing imal or a nut.
our own standard of iden- The National Milk Produc-
tity,” Gottlieb said about ers Federation said it wel-
“milk” at the Politico event comes Gottlieb’s recogni-
Tuesday. “The answer is tion that the labeling prac-
probably not.” tices of many “plant-based
Standards of identity have dairy imitators” violate fed-
been the source industry eral standards. The indus-
spats as American diets try group had recently re-
have evolved, including newed its push for the FDA
fights about what gets to to crack down on nondairy
be called mayonnaise drinks calling themselves
and yogurt. More recently, “milk.” The Good Food Insti-
there are disagreements tute, which advocates for
over what to call meat plant-based alternatives,
grown by culturing cells, a says the term “milk” should
science that’s still emerg- be permitted with modifiers
ing. for nondairy drinks.
The FDA can’t just change “For the same reason that
This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows the ingredients label for almond milk at a grocery store in New the way it enforces a stan- you can have gluten-free
York. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop dard without warning, Got- bread and rice noodles,
calling themselves “milk.” tlieb said. Since it plans to almond milk and soy milk
Associated Press take a different approach are the most clear and
By CANDICE CHOI down on use of the term. cy, which has not aggres- to enforcement, he said best terms for describing
AP Food Industry Writer The Food and Drug Ad- sively gone after the pro- the FDA will have to first de- those products,” said Bruce
NEW YORK (AP) — Soy ministration signaled plans liferation of plant-based velop guidance notifying Friedrich, the group’s co-
and almond drinks that bill to start enforcing a fed- drinks labeled as “milk.” companies of the change founder.
themselves as “milk” may eral standard that defines FDA Commissioner Scott and ask for public com- The FDA declined to com-
need to consider alterna- “milk” as coming from the Gottlieb talked about the ment. That guidance will ment on whether the
tive language after a top “milking of one or more plans this week, noting probably be issued in a agency would enforce
regulator suggested the healthy cows.” That would there are hundreds of fed- year, he said. other standards, such as for
agency may start cracking be a change for the agen- eral “standards of identity” Gottlieb said the agen- yogurt.q