 Adult-film star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Trump Donald John TrumpEx-Russia ambassador: Trump has done more damage to NATO in months than Russia has in decades Trump takes credit for increased defense spending by NATO allies, but says 'it isn't nearly enough' Trump questions how Russia probe can 'proceed' given FBI agent's private comments MORE in addition to her ongoing one against his personal attorney, Michael Cohen. She said she was then approached by the man in Las Vegas, who looked at Daniels’s infant daughter and said “it’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.” Daniels said she didn’t report the incident to police. Trump dismissed the claim in an April 18 Twitter posting: “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. "A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" The suit alleges Trump's comment amounts to an accusation that Clifford fabricated the threat and exposed her to ridicule and violent threats. "Mr. Trump used his national and international audience of millions of people to make a false factual statement to denigrate and attack Ms. Clifford," the complaint says. Moments ago, we filed this lawsuit against Mr. Trump for his recent irresponsible and defamatory statements about my client @stormydaniels. Daniels's lawyer, Michael Avenatti, tweeted Monday that his client has filed the lawsuit for Trump's "irresponsible and defamatory statements" about Daniels, whom Cohen paid $130,000 as part of a nondisclosure agreement weeks before the 2016 election. Last week, Cohen invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in the suit, saying he could not effectively defend himself because it might incriminate him in the federal case.
– After Stormy Daniels shared a forensic sketch of a man she says threatened her in 2011 and warned her not to discuss her alleged affair with now-President Trump, Trump tweeted that it was just "a sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" Now Daniels is suing the president over that tweet. The adult film star filed a defamation suit against the POTUS Monday in federal court in Manhattan, NBC News reports. "Mr. Trump used his national and international audience of millions of people to make a false factual statement to denigrate and attack Ms. Clifford," the complaint says. Daniels is seeking damages in excess of $75,000, per the Hill. According to the complaint, Trump essentially accused Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, of fabricating the threat against her—and that by doing so, he exposed her to more threats. The lawsuit also claims Trump basically accused Daniels of committing a crime, as it is illegal under New York law to falsely accuse someone of committing a crime against you, Bloomberg reports. "Regardless of who you are or what position you hold, you are not permitted to fabricate statements in an effort to deceive people," says Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti. "There are consequences for doing that." (Meanwhile, a federal judge recently put Daniels' other lawsuit against Trump on hold for 90 days.)